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The history of medieval studies can teach us much about our existing and continuing practices and traditions.

Before it became an indispensable tool for medievalists worldwide, the Middle English Dictionary had a long and often forgotten origin story—one that began with a German philologist, hundreds of thousands of paper slips, and a mission that proved too vast for a single lifetime. At the heart of it all was Ewald Flügel, a driven scholar whose ambitions laid the foundation for what would become the most comprehensive resource on Middle English ever created. READ the FULL ARTICLE at medievalists.net.

keywords: medievalism, medievalismo, médiévalisme, Mediävalismus, Middle English Dictionary, historical linguistics, Ewald Flügel