Matter of England, romances of English heroes and romances derived from English legend are terms that 20th century scholars have given to a loose corpus of Medieval literature 1 and 2 that in general deals with the locations characters and themes concerning England, English history or English cultural mores and shows some continuity between the poetry and myths of the pre-Norman or Anglo-Saxon era of English history as well as themes motifs and plots deriving from English folklore.
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