Chaucerian mystery solved as scientists decode lost English legend after 800 years.
In the Middle Ages, the Song of Wade was a widely-known folk tale, and was believed to be a "monster-filled epic". But a pair of researchers from Cambridge University believe the tale is actually a chivalric romance...
They argue the only surviving piece of the Song of Wade, which dates back to the 12th century, has been “radically misunderstood” for the last 130 years, and that the manuscript refers to “wolves” rather than “elves” as experts had previously assumed.
Well yes, I can see how that would make a difference.
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