Medieval

c. 500-1400· 10 works

Beowulf to Chaucer. A thousand years of literature shaped by Christianity, feudalism, and the slow recovery of classical learning.

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  1. 1The Divine Comedy1320Dante AlighieriGrueling·Epic·719 pagesInfluence97Popularity84MedievalEpicItalian
  2. 2The Arabian Nights~800AnonymousBreezy·Epic·595 pagesInfluence67Popularity69MedievalShort FictionArabic
  3. 3The Canterbury Tales~1400Geoffrey ChaucerHard·Long·528 pagesInfluence90Popularity76MedievalShort FictionMiddle English
  4. 4Beowulf~1000UnknownHard·Quick·213 pagesInfluence66Popularity72MedievalEpicOld English
  5. 5The Tale of Genji~1010紫式部 (Lady Murasaki)Hard·Epic·1,184 pagesInfluence65Popularity70MedievalNovelJapanese
  6. 6The Nibelungenlied~1200UnknownHard·Long·403 pagesInfluence64Popularity30MedievalEpicMiddle High German
  7. 7The Decameron~1351Giovanni BoccaccioEasy·Epic·1,024 pagesInfluence82Popularity52MedievalShort FictionItalian
  8. 8Canzoniere~1374Francesco PetrarcaEasy·Quick·171 pagesInfluence8Popularity13MedievalLyricItalian
  9. 9The Song of Roland~1100UnknownHard·Short·224 pagesInfluence66Popularity30MedievalEpicOld French
  10. 10The Poetic Edda~1270UnknownHard·Medium·382 pagesInfluence6Popularity30MedievalEpicOld Norse
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