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fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Medieval preacher invoked chivalric hero as a meme in sermon

Falk and Wade believe the correct translation of "elves" is "wolves," due to a scribe's muddling of the letters "y" and "w" in the Humiliamini sermon.
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fromHarvard Gazette
3 months ago

For 100 years, a top stop for the world's medievalists - Harvard Gazette

"Both Lockwood and Chaucer take up questions of poetic authority, creativity, and inspiration, poking at the troubled relationship between reality and fiction, between rumor and fame."
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