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 === 7. Christian literature of the period ===
-In Western Europe, past the millennium Christianity was definitely becoming predominant. As time went on, Christianity provided many (most?) written-down literature, particularly in medieval England. Various vernacular translations of the Bible were produced, starting with Wycliffe's in the late 14th C. These led up to one of the gems of the English Language, the King James version of the Bible. While published just out of period (1611), it is a fantastic example of how late-period English sounded, and how it was written by expert authors, translators and academics of the time. The other gem still quoted is Thomas Cramner's 1549 masterwork, the //Book of Common Prayer//. Even in recent translations (for the Anglican Church of Canada, 1962) the genius of Cramner and the beauty of his language shines through.
+In Western Europe, past the millennium Christianity was definitely becoming predominant. As time went on, Christianity provided many (most?) written-down literature, particularly in medieval England. Various vernacular translations of the Bible were produced, starting with Wycliffe's in the late 14th C. These led up to one of the gems of the English language, the King James version of the Bible. While published just out of period (1611), it is a fantastic example of how late-period English sounded, and how it was written by expert authors, translators and academics of the time. The other gem still quoted is Thomas Cramner's 1549 masterwork, the //Book of Common Prayer//. Even in recent translations (for the Anglican Church of Canada, 1962) the genius of Cramner and the beauty of his language shines through.
 === 8. Non-Christian literature of the period ===
-As Mistress Morgana bro Morganwg observed, what we call Norse mythology is the fragments of Norse myth as recorded by Christian monks; what we have is a few stories and typical religious myths (e.g protology and eschatology), all seen through a Christian-superemist lens. If Norse mythology reflected a vital and useful Norse religious faith, we are missing a lot. Just as Christian imagery saturates Western European literature, Norse culture (so near and dear to our many SCAdian Vikings) must have had both the mythology and deeper cultural significance of a living religion, worthy of consideration and recreation. For the Greco-Romans among us, the Japanese (those darned foxes and tengu!), the Celts and any other culture you'd care to mention, references to myth and legend always add depth and colour to SCA writing. A good encyclopedia of mythology is always useful. I have used the //Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology// as a general survey for years; for your persona, area and period of interest, a more specific reference may well be more useful.
+As Mistress Morgana bro Morganwg observed, what we call Norse mythology is the fragments of Norse myth as recorded by Christian monks; what we have is a few stories and typical religious myths (e.g protology and eschatology), all seen through a Christian-supremist lens. If Norse mythology reflected a vital and useful Norse religious faith, we are missing a lot. Just as Christian imagery saturates Western European literature, Norse culture (so near and dear to our many SCAdian Vikings) must have had both the mythology and deeper cultural significance of a living religion, worthy of consideration and recreation. For the Greco-Romans among us, the Japanese (those darned foxes and tengu!), the Celts and any other culture you'd care to mention, references to myth and legend always add depth and colour to SCA writing. A good encyclopedia of mythology is always useful. I have used the //Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology// as a general survey for years; for your persona, area and period of interest, a more specific reference may well be more useful.
-and, finally, for lovers of the truly obscure,
+and finally, for lovers of the truly obscure,
 === 9. Anything by Eric Partridge ===