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Cambridge researchers have reinterpreted the long-lost Song of Wade, revealing it to be a chivalric romance rather than a monster-filled myth. The twis
by WarOnPrivacy 1y ago
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 came when “elves” in a medieval sermon were correctly
identified as “wolves,”
The article adds substantive detail; IMO it didn't need a teaser headline.
- fsckboy 1y agowhat you have quoted leaves the wrong impression, a clearer picture emerges describd thus: The breakthrough, detailed on July 15 in The Review of English Studies, involved working out that the manuscript refers to 'wolves' not 'elves', as scholars previously assumed.