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.

Medieval, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 1The Divine Comedy1320Dante AlighieriHard·Long·460 pagesInfluence97Popularity84MedievalEpicItalian
  2. 8The Arabian Nights~800AnonymousEasy·Epic·840 pagesInfluence66Popularity69MedievalShort FictionArabic
  3. 80The Canterbury Tales~1400Geoffrey ChaucerModerate·Epic·575 pagesInfluence90Popularity76MedievalShort FictionMiddle English
  4. 81Beowulf~1000UnknownModerate·Medium·112 pagesInfluence65Popularity71MedievalEpicOld English
  5. 92The Tale of Genji~1010紫式部Moderate·Epic·1,600 pagesInfluence64Popularity70MedievalNovelJapanese
  6. 93The Nibelungenlied~1200UnknownModerate·Long·403 pagesInfluence63Popularity31MedievalEpicMiddle High German
  7. 109The Decameron~1351Giovanni BoccaccioEasy·Epic·1,024 pagesInfluence81Popularity53MedievalShort FictionItalian
  8. 142Canzoniere~1374Francesco PetrarcaHard·Medium·224 pagesInfluence8Popularity13MedievalLyricItalian
  9. 161The Song of Roland~1100UnknownModerate·Medium·224 pagesInfluence64Popularity31MedievalEpicOld French
  10. 190The Poetic Edda~1270UnknownModerate·Long·360 pagesInfluence6Popularity30MedievalEpicOld Norse
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