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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Alliance Bride (Legacy of the North #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
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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)
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
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The Decameron
The Lais of Marie de France
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Marguerite de Navarre
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Some Christian lawyers—some eminent and stupid judges—have said and still say, that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of all law. Nothing could be more absurd. Long before these commandments were given there were codes of laws in India and Egypt—laws against murder, perjury, larceny, adultery and fraud. Such laws are as old as human society; as old as the love of life; as old as industry; as the idea of prosperity; as old as human love. All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; ...more
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