Medieval

The Medieval period is subdivided into the Early (c. 476-1000), the High (c. 1001-1300), and the Late (c. 1301–1500) Middle Ages.
The Medieval period usually refers to Europe, but books set in Asia or North Africa within this time-frame may also be included as these areas were part of the interconnected Medieval world.

Medieval Europe offers the historical backdrop of the grandeur of medieval royalty contrasted with the stark struggle for survival of the common folk. Medieval historical fiction features, among others, conflicts between Christianity and the remnants of paganism, the open warfare
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The Isle in the Silver Sea
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An Inconvenient Vow (Brides of Karadok, #5)
The Shattered Castle (Ascendance, #5)
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The Huntress (The Huntress #1)
The Land of the Living and the Dead (Gael Song, #3)
A Most Forgettable Girl (Brides of Karadok, #7)
Oath of the Wolf (Wrath and Weeping, #2)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Name of the Rose
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
The Song of Roland
Inferno
The Decameron
A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1)
The Lais of Marie de France
World Without End (Kingsbridge, #2)
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Ruth Hurmence Green
There was a time when religion ruled the world. It is known as the Dark Ages.
Ruth Hurmence Green

Marie de France
Whoever has received knowledge and eloquence in speech from God should not be silent or secretive but demonstrate it willingly. When a great good is widely heard of, then, and only then, does it bloom, and when that good is praised by man, it has spread its blossoms.
Marie de France

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