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medieval literature
Sign in to saveliterature produced during the Middle Ages
Research
1,514 papers- Exiles: Medieval Experiences of Isolation.Neophilologus · 2023
- Epilepsy in Dante's poetry.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2016
- Exploring the roots of clinical trial methodology in medieval Islamic medicine.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2019
- Lesbianism in China.Archives of sexual behavior · 1992
- Precious stones in Jewish and Christian medieval literature: natural and/or occult sciences?Korot (Jerusalem : 1952) · 2002
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Encyclopedic overview
Statuta Mutine Reformata, 1420–1485; parchment codex bound in wood and leather with brass plaques worked the corners and in the center, with clasps.
Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (that is, the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 14th, 15th or 16th century, depending on country). The literature of this time was composed of religious writings as well as secular works. Like modern literature, it is a broad field of study, from the utterly sacred to the exuberantly profane, touching all points in between. Works of literature are often grouped by place of origin, language, and genre.
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