ormulum

Updated: May 16, 2025

Miscellaneous literature, the Ancren Riwle, our best piece of early English prose; Orm's Ormulum; Cursor Mundi, with its suggestive parallel to the Miracle plays; and ballads, like King Horn and the Robin Hood songs, which were the only poetry of the common people.

William J. (William Joseph) Long - English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World