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Tacitus, Germania
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Roman book about the people from the North
Roman book about the people from the North
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Tacitus, Germania
Gildas Sapiens, De Excido Britanniae
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A Welsh Latin report on the A-S concquest of Celtic Britain
A Welsh Latin report on the A-S concquest of Celtic Britain
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Gildas Sapiens, De Excido Britanniae
Beda Venerabilis, Ecclesiastical History of The English People
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Latin history of A-S England focusing on the process of Christianization
Latin history of A-S England focusing on the process of Christianization
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Beda Venerabilis, Ecclesiastical History of The English People
Nennius, Historia Britonum
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Latin, 830s
Latin, 830s
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Nennius, Historia Britonum
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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King Alfred the Great, 870s - 1079 (Worcester) and 1154 (Peterborough)
King Alfred the Great, 870s - 1079 (Worcester) and 1154 (Peterborough)
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Manuscripts with OE Poetry
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Beowulf MS, Exeter Book, Vercelli Book, Junius MS
Caedmon's Hymn in?
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Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Fragment of Dream of the Rood
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inscription on the sonte corss from Ruthwell
The Battle of Finnsbrugh
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on a single leaf of parchment, then lost again, known only from transcription, battle refered to in Beowulf
on a single leaf of parchment, then lost again, known only from transcription, battle refered to in Beowulf
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The Battle of Finnsbrugh
The Battle of Brunanburh
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about the victory of the Saxon king Athelstan over North invaders
about the victory of the Saxon king Athelstan over North invaders
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The Battle of Brunanburh
Caedmon's scriptual poems in Junius Ms
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Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, Christ and Satan
Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, Christ and Satan
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Caedmon's scriptual poems in Junius Ms
Caedmon's scriptual poems in Beowulf MS
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Judith
Judith
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Caedmon's scriptual poems in Beowulf MS
Cynewulf, scriptual poems, Exeter Book
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Juliana, Guthlac, Christ
Juliana, Guthlac, Christ
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Cynewulf, scriptual poems, Exeter Book
Cynewul, scriptural poems, Vercelli Book
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Andreas, Elene, The Dream of The Rood
Andreas, Elene, The Dream of The Rood
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Cynewul, scriptural poems, Vercelli Book
Aldhelm
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bishop of Sherborne, letters and educational prose
bishop of Sherborne, letters and educational prose
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Aldhelm
Alcuin
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in York, letters, poems, educational prose
in York, letters, poems, educational prose
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Alcuin
Alfred's translations
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Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Pope Gregory's Cura Pastoralis, Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae
Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Pope Gregory's Cura Pastoralis, Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae
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Alfred's translations
Aelfric
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abott of Eynsham, Catholic homilies, Lives of Saints, Colloquy
abott of Eynsham, Catholic homilies, Lives of Saints, Colloquy
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Aelfric
Wulfstan
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Archbishop of York, Sermi lupi de Anglos
Archbishop of York, Sermi lupi de Anglos
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Wulfstan
Roman de Larose
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Chaucer, translation of romance by Jean de Meun and Guillaume de Lorris
Chaucer, translation of romance by Jean de Meun and Guillaume de Lorris
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Roman de Larose
The Book of the Duchess
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Chaucer, elegy on death of Blanche de Lancester
Chaucer, elegy on death of Blanche de Lancester
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The Book of the Duchess
Parliament of Fowls
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Chaucer, a discussion of the nature of courtly love in a dream vision
Chaucer, a discussion of the nature of courtly love in a dream vision
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Parliament of Fowls
The House of Fame
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Chaurcer, dream vision on the fickleness of fame and fortune
Chaurcer, dream vision on the fickleness of fame and fortune
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The House of Fame
Chaucer's translations
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Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae, The Treatise of the Astrolabe
Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae, The Treatise of the Astrolabe
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Chaucer's translations
Troilus and Criseyde
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Chaucer, a Trojan story of love and infidelity based on Il Filostrato by Bocaccio
Chaucer, a Trojan story of love and infidelity based on Il Filostrato by Bocaccio
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Troilus and Criseyde
The Legend of Good Woman
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Chaucer, a collection of tales about faithful women
Chaucer, a collection of tales about faithful women
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The Legend of Good Woman
The Knight's Tale
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chivalric romance based upon Bocaccio's Theseide
chivalric romance based upon Bocaccio's Theseide
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The Knight's Tale
The Wife of Bath's Tale
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arthurian romance in an ironic framework of the Wife of Bath's Prologue
arthurian romance in an ironic framework of the Wife of Bath's Prologue
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The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Clerk's Tale
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story of patient Griselda based on Bocaccio's Decameron, romance
story of patient Griselda based on Bocaccio's Decameron, romance
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The Clerk's Tale
The Franklin's Tale
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story of Arveragus and Dorigen on equal status in mariage and the importance of a given word
story of Arveragus and Dorigen on equal status in mariage and the importance of a given word
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The Franklin's Tale
Tale of Melibeus
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told by Chaucer, anti-romance
told by Chaucer, anti-romance
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Tale of Melibeus
The Prioress's Tale
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a Marian miracle story, anti-semitic
a Marian miracle story, anti-semitic
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The Prioress's Tale
the physican's tale
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pious tale
pious tale
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the physican's tale
the man of law's tale
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pious tale2
pious tale2
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the man of law's tale
exempla in canterbury tales
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the monk's tale, the pardoner's tale, the nun's priest's tale
the monk's tale, the pardoner's tale, the nun's priest's tale
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exempla in canterbury tales
fablieax in CT
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the reeve's tale, the miller's tale, the cook's tale
the reeve's tale, the miller's tale, the cook's tale
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fablieax in CT
John Gower
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Chaucer follower, Mirroir de l'homme, Vox Clementis, Confessio Amantis
Chaucer follower, Mirroir de l'homme, Vox Clementis, Confessio Amantis
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John Gower
John Lydgate
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a Benedictine monk of Bury St. Edmunds, The Siege of Thebes, Troy Book, the Fall of Princes
a Benedictine monk of Bury St. Edmunds, The Siege of Thebes, Troy Book, the Fall of Princes
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John Lydgate
Thomas Hoccleve
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courtly and religious poems, chaucer's follower, the regement of princes
courtly and religious poems, chaucer's follower, the regement of princes
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Thomas Hoccleve
Robert Henryson
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Scottish, Chaucer's follower, the testament of cressid, the moral fables of esope
Scottish, Chaucer's follower, the testament of cressid, the moral fables of esope
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Robert Henryson
William Dunbar
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Scottish, Chaucer's follower, poet and the court of James IV of Scotland
Morality plays 15th c.
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Everyman, The Castle of Preservance, Mankind
Everyman, The Castle of Preservance, Mankind
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Morality plays 15th c.
Middle English Romance tradition, continental precedens and inspirations
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Marie de France, Chrentien de Troyes (the story of the holy grail), Wolfram von Esenbach, Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun (La Roman de la Rose, allegorical dream vision about courtly love)
Marie de France, Chrentien de Troyes (the story of the holy grail), Wolfram von Esenbach, Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun (La Roman de la Rose, allegorical dream vision about courtly love)
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Middle English Romance tradition, continental precedens and inspirations
Auchinleck MS
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14th c. manuscript of English romances
14th c. manuscript of English romances
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Auchinleck MS
The Matter of England
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King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Sir Beves of Hamtoun, Guy of Warwick, Athleston, Richard Coeur de Lion
King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Sir Beves of Hamtoun, Guy of Warwick, Athleston, Richard Coeur de Lion
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The Matter of England
The Matter of Rome, French
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Benoit, Roman de Troy and Gudio Historia Destuctionis Troiae
Benoit, Roman de Troy and Gudio Historia Destuctionis Troiae
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The Matter of Rome, French
The Matter of Rome, English
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John Lydgate, Troy Book
John Lydgate, Troy Book
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The Matter of Rome, English
Romances on Alexander the Great
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Romance of Alexander
Romance of Alexander
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Romances on Alexander the Great
Matter of France, romances on charlemagne and he carolignian kings
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Roland and Vernagu
Roland and Vernagu
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Matter of France, romances on charlemagne and he carolignian kings
Matter of Britain
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Arthur and Merlin, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Piers Plowman
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John Wycliff

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