Medieval Dutch Literature

Medieval Dutch literature is the Dutch literature produced in the Low Countries from the earliest stages of the language up to the sixteenth century.

Read more about Medieval Dutch Literature:  Early Stages, Influential Writers, Chevalric Era, Drama, Guilds, Farce, Anna Bijns

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    Our medieval historians who prefer to rely as much as possible on official documents because the chronicles are unreliable, fall thereby into an occasionally dangerous error. The documents tell us little about the difference in tone which separates us from those times; they let us forget the fervent pathos of medieval life.
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