After baffling scholars for over a century, Cambridge researchers have reinterpreted the long-lost Song of Wade, revealing it to be a chivalric romance rather than a monster-filled myth. The twist ...
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Lost English legend decoded, solving Chaucerian mystery and revealing a medieval preacher's meme
A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge scholars now believe the Song of Wade, a long-lost treasure of English ...
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Scholars finally solve 130-year-old literary mystery
A medieval literary puzzle that has confounded scholars for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge University experts now believe the Song of Wade - a long-lost work which dates back to ...
In 1896, Cambridge scholar and author M. R. James found English verses within a 12th-century Latin sermon in a Peterhouse Cambridge collection. James and another colleague identified the verses as ...
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