More broadly, the sermon speaks of humility in an unusual fashion, comparing powerful, plundering men to wolves and deceitful ...

The corrected translation of the text alters its meaning: it changes from ‘Some are elves and some are adders; some are sprites that dwell by waters: there is no man, but Hildebrand only.’ to ‘Thus ...

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 ...

Scholars have decoded a medieval manuscript linked to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, solving a 130-year-old literary mystery.

The medieval writer made puzzling references to a story called "The Song of Wade," which has been lost to history. Only a few ...

Scholars found the most famous mystery in Geoffrey Chaucer's writings, which provides "rare evidence" of a medieval preacher referencing "pop culture" in a sermon.