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Middle English Romance and Travel
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The Travels of Sir John MandevilleThe fantastical travel narrative of Sir John Mandeville (c.1357) — one of the most popular books of the Middle Ages, describing a journey from England through Constantinople, the Holy Land, Egypt, India, and the realm of Prester John, to the very gates of Earthly Paradise. Cotton Manuscript version in modern spelling, from the 1900 Macmillan edition edited by A. W. Pollard.Works of Gawain PoetFour alliterative masterpieces from a single anonymous hand — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, and Patience.