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 ...

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 ...

The Tale of Wade, twice referred to in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poems, survives only in a tiny fragment. Two academics argue a ...

A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge ...