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Today-History-Jul28
Today in History for July 28: In 1540, King Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed, the same day Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
Medieval scribe’s slip-up triggered centuries of confusion over a long-lost saga. Researchers finally decoded the error
Two researchers are proposing a new reading of the Song of Wade, a once widely known epic from the 12th century, thanks to a ...
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A Tiny Typo May Explain a Centuries-Old Mystery About Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ and ‘Troilus and Criseyde’
The medieval writer made puzzling references to a story called "The Song of Wade," which has been lost to history. Only a few ...