Middle Dutch literature

the Middle Dutch version of the story of Reynard

16th century Dutch miracle (and character)

corpus of literary works in medieval Dutch

thumb|right|Illuminated initial at the beginning of the Beatrijs legend. The Hague, Royal Library, 76 E 5

Elckerlijc (also known as Elckerlyc) is a morality play from the Low Countries which was written in Dutch somewhere around the year 1470. It was first printed in 1495. The play was extremely successful and may have been the original source for the English play Everyman, as well as many other translations for other countries. The authorship of Elckerlijc is attributed to Peter van Diest, a medieval writer from the Low Countries. thumb|right|200px|Swedish edition of Macropedius' Hecastus. Göteborg 1681. Courtesy of the Royal Library, Stockholm

collection highlight from the National Library of the Netherlands

a collection of four plays contained in the Dutch "Hulthemse Handschrift"

thumb|250px|Old publication of Karel ende Van Elegast. Elegast (elf spirit) is the hero and noble robber in the poem Karel ende Elegast, an early Middle Dutch epic poem that has been translated into English as Charlemagne and Elbegast. In the poem, he possibly represents the King of the Elves. He appears as a knight on a black horse, an outcast vassal of Charlemagne living in the forest. The original Dutch poem uses the name Elegast, while translated versions of the poem commonly use the name Elbegast in German and English, or Alegast in the Scandinavian ballad.

famous Middle Dutch song

Moriaen (also spelled Moriaan, Morion, Morien) is a 14th-century Arthurian romance in Middle Dutch. A 4,720-line version is preserved in the vast Lancelot Compilation, and a short fragment exists at the Royal Library at Brussels. The work tells the story of Morien, the Moorish son of Aglovale, one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.