What we call plagiarism today operated very differently in the medieval world.

Imitation often signaled respect and intellectual continuity rather than theft.

Authority carried more weight than originality, and the boundary between adaptation and forgery could be indistinct.

Historical context complicates modern assumptions about authorship.

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