Lost English legend decoded, solving Chaucerian mystery and revealing a medieval preacher's meme

A medieval literate puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has yet been solved. Cambridge scholars present judge the Song of Wade, a long-lost treasure of English culture, was a chivalric romance not a monster-filled epic. The find solves the astir celebrated enigma successful Chaucer's writings and provides uncommon grounds of a medieval preacher referencing popular civilization successful a sermon.