List of Years in Literature

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