The 'Martyrology' is an Old English prose work that provides a calendar-based account of what?
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Correct answer: The lives and feast days of Christian saints
The Old English Martyrology is a 9th-century collection of short notices about saints arranged by their festival dates. It is one of the earliest examples of narrative prose outside of the Alfredian circle.
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