The Medieval Reading Path

According to Groblé

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

10 works · 5,443 pages, in reading order

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  1. 1The Arabian NightsAnonymous · c. 800Breezy · 595 pages
  2. 2BeowulfUnknown · c. 1000Hard · 213 pages
  3. 3The Tale of Genji紫式部 (Lady Murasaki) · c. 1010Hard · 1184 pages
  4. 4The Song of RolandUnknown · c. 1100Hard · 224 pages
  5. 5The NibelungenliedUnknown · c. 1200Hard · 403 pages
  6. 6The Poetic EddaUnknown · c. 1270Hard · 382 pages
  7. 7The Divine ComedyDante Alighieri · 1320Grueling · 719 pages
  8. 8The DecameronGiovanni Boccaccio · c. 1351Easy · 1024 pages
  9. 9CanzoniereFrancesco Petrarca · c. 1374Easy · 171 pages
  10. 10The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1400Hard · 528 pages