Surprise-Archive 2006
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January to December 2006
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January 2006 The Harley Lyrics Ase y me rod this ender day (About the Five Joys of Mary)
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February 2006 Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) The Presentation of Christ at the Temple (The story of Candlemas, February, 2nd)
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March 2006 The New Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Anno MMV Hreğmonağ (Last Year's News in Old English: March 2005)
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April 2006 The Bayeux Tapestry The Battle of Hastings (1066 A.D.) (The Norman Conquest on 70 m of embroidered fabric)
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May 2006 Political Carols The Agincourt Carol (1415) (How the English defeated the French)
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June 2006 Political Carols The Song of Lewes (13th/14th century) (Simon de Montford against Henry III)
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July 2006 Snatch of Scottish Poetry The Bewteis of the Fute-ball (Maitland Folio MS. 1582) (All about Soccer in the Middle Ages)
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August 2006 Geoffrey Chaucer, Minor Poems “Proverb” (A good advice for a hot summer)
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September 2006 Thomas Usk The Testament of Love (About love and lovesickness)
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October 2006 Havelok the Dane The stone-throwing contest (About strength, power and envy)
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November 2006 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Passus II: Gawain's Journey (Halloween at Arthur's Court)
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December 2006 The Paston Letters Margaret Paston to John Paston (A Christmas Letter)
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