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  2. Letters of Abelard and Heloise - Wikipedia

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    The Letters of Abelard and Heloise are two series of passionate and intellectual correspondences apparently written in Latin during the 12th century. The purported authors, Peter Abelard, a prominent theologian, and his pupil, Heloise, a gifted young woman later renowned as an abbess, exchanged these letters following their ill-fated love affair and subsequent monastic lives.

  3. Medieval poetry - Wikipedia

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    Old English religious poetry includes the poem Christ by Cynewulf and the poem The Dream of the Rood, preserved in both manuscript form and on the Ruthwell Cross.We do have some secular poetry; in fact a great deal of medieval literature was written in verse, including the Old English epic Beowulf.

  4. List of English translations from medieval sources: E–Z

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    Edited from the unique manuscript, partly in the Queen's hand, in the Public Record Office, London, by Miss Caroline Pemberton. [5] In Early English Text Society, Original Series, 113. The girlhood of Queen Elizabeth, a narrative in contemporary letters (1909). [6] by Frank Arthur Mumby (1872–1954). [7]

  5. A medieval Irish poem related to the Kingdom of the Isles, copied from an Irish manuscript written c. 1600. Collated with a copy contained in the Book of Fermoy translated c. 1457. Transcribed by William Maunsell Hennessy (1829–1889). [36] In Celtic Scotland: a history of ancient Alban (1880), [37] III, Appendix II, pp. 410–427.

  6. Medieval French literature - Wikipedia

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    The new poetic (as well as musical: some of the earliest medieval music has lyrics composed in Old French by the earliest composers known by name) tendencies are apparent in the Roman de Fauvel in 1310 and 1314, a satire on abuses in the medieval church filled with medieval motets, lais, rondeaux and other new secular forms of poetry and music ...

  7. Anglo-Saxon runes - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").

  8. Medieval token of love — with a familiar phrase — unearthed ...

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    Archaeologists uncovered the medieval token while working on the Gdańsk Crane. This wooden crane was built in the 15th century and is the oldest of its kind in Europe.

  9. Category:Medieval scripts - Wikipedia

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    Medieval writing scripts — writing systems used in Medieval manuscripts and other written documents & communications. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.