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Mannyng, Robert
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Mannyng, Robert of Brunne (Bourne) in Lincolnshire (
fl. 1288–1338), is known only from what he tells us of himself in the Prologues to his two works, his verse
Chronicle of England (finished 1338) and
Handlyng Synne.
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