period religious literature continued enjoy popularity hagiographies written adapted translated example ''the life saint audrey'' eadmer 's c c end th century layamon ''brut'' adapted norman french wace produce first english language work present legends king arthur knights round table also first historiography written english since anglo saxon chronicle piers ploughman th century manuscript middle english bible translations notably wycliffe 's bible helped establish english literary language wycliffe 's bible
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