List of Years in Literature - Middle Ages

Middle Ages

Further information: Medieval literature
  • 15th century in literature – Johann Gutenberg prints the Vulgate Bible; – Sir Thomas Malory – Le Morte d'Arthur;
  • 14th century in literature – The Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri; The Decameron – Giovanni Boccaccio; Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer
  • 13th century in literature – Theologus Autodidactus, Gesta Romanorum – Ibn al-Nafis; The Travels of Marco Polo – Marco Polo, Golden Legend
  • 12th century in literature – Hayy ibn Yaqdhan – Ibn Tufail, La Chanson de Roland, Tristan and Iseult
  • 11th century in literature – The Tale of Genji – Murasaki Shikibu
  • 10th century in literature – One Thousand and One Nights
  • 6th to 9th centuries in literature – Book of Kells, Poetic Edda, Beowulf; The Pillow Book – Sei Shōnagon

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Famous quotes related to middle ages:

    People who are always praising the past
    And especially the times of faith as best
    Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages
    And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages.
    Stevie Smith (1902–1971)