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15th Century
Fifteenth-century English and Scots writing: late medieval balladry, courtly poetry, and popular narrative before the Tudor turn.
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Ballads and Popular Song5 pages
Late medieval ballads and popular songs, with border violence, courtship, outlaw memory, and the durable narrative forms of English song.
Caxton and the Early Press4 pages
William Caxton's own translations from his press at Westminster — the first books printed in English, in the printer's own prose.
Courtly and Scots Poetry9 pages
Courtly and Scots poetry of the fifteenth century, preserving a northern literary register alongside English popular song.