Sir John Mandeville

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1. Anonymous

   Author of The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (Penguin Classics), Laxdaela Saga, Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories (Penguin Classics)

2. Giraldus Cambrensis

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3. Marco Polo

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4. Einhard

   Author of Two Lives of Charlemagne

5. Margery Kempe

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6. Geoffrey of Monmouth

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7. Jean de Joinville

   Author of Chronicles of the Crusades

8. William Langland

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9. Anonymous

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10. Jean Froissart

    Author of Chronicles

11. Bede

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12. Boethius

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13. Procopius

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14. Gregory of Tours

    Author of A History of the Franks

15. Anonymous

    Author of Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources

16. John Gower

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17. Anna Comnena

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18. Gottfried von Strassburg

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19. Peter Abelard

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20. Baldassare Castiglione

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