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“medieval” across the centuries

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Sumer is icumen in
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Sumer is icumen in

by W. de Wycombe · Middle English

c. 1270 - c. 1330 (~60)

General Prologue - Opening
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General Prologue - Opening

by Geoffrey Chaucer · Middle English

c. 1343 - 25 October 1400 (~57)

Upon a Dead Man's Head
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Upon a Dead Man's Head

by John Skelton · English

c. 1460 - 21 June 1529 (~69)

Praise of Women
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Praise of Women

by Robert Mannyng of Brunne · English

1288 - c. 1338 (~50)

Freedom
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Freedom

by John Barbour · English

c. 1316 - 13 March 1395 (~79)

Piers the Plowman
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Piers the Plowman

by William Langland · English

c. 1332 - c. 1400 (~68)

Knights and Ladies
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Knights and Ladies

by A. A. Milne · English

18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)

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