Medieval

The Medieval period is subdivided into the Early (c. 476-1000), the High (c. 1001-1300), and the Late (c. 1301–1500) Middle Ages.
Historical fiction novels set within this time-frame in Europe are labelled medieval.

Medieval Europe offers the historical backdrop of the grandeur of medieval royalty contrasted with the stark struggle for survival of the common folk. Medieval historical fiction features, among others, conflicts between Christianity and the remnants of paganism, the open warfare of the Crusades, the medieval Celts, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, the Wars of the Roses, the Vikings a
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Illuminating Women in the Medieval World
The Battlemage (The Summoner, #3)
The Queen and the Cure (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #2)
The Traitor's Kiss (Traitor's Trilogy, #1)
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens, #2)
The Scribe of Siena
The Noble Servant (A Medieval Fairy Tale, #3)
The Shadow Queen
The Vexing (Age Of Faith #6)
The Secret Slipper (Tales of Faith, #2)
The Battlemage (The Summoner, #3)
The Queen and the Cure (The Bird and the Sword Chronicles, #2)
Gathering Darkness (Falling Kingdoms, #3)
The Flame Bearer (The Saxon Stories, #10)
The Templar's Cross (Sir Law Kintour #1)
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession (Six Tudor Queens, #2)
The Death of Dulgath (The Riyria Chronicles, #3)
Cage of Deceit (Reign of Secrets, # 1)
The Ghostfaces (Brotherband Chronicles, #6)
An English Bride In Scotland (Highlanders, #1)
Emperor of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #3)
The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1)
The King's Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #7; The Cousins' War #6)
Lady Danger (The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch #1)
For Love and Honor (An Uncertain Choice, #3)
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerWorld Without End by Ken FollettBeowulf by Unknown
Best Middle Ages Books
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The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar KhayyámCanon of Medicine by AvicennaThe Battle of Maldon by Anonymous
Best Books of the 11th Century
14 books — 84 voters

A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman
Favorite Medieval Mystery Writers
60 books — 112 voters

The Arabian Nights by AnonymousBeowulf by UnknownThe Anglo Saxon Chronicle by VariousThe Life of Charlemagne by EinhardMaldon and Brunnanburh by Anonymous
Best Books of the 9th Century
6 books — 104 voters
Perceval, or, The Story of the Grail by Chrétien de TroyesThe History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of MonmouthThe Lais of Marie de France by Marie de FranceLancelot by Chrétien de TroyesThe Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides
Best Books of the 12th Century
30 books — 98 voters

The Pillars of the Earth (The Kingsbridge Series, #1)
Beowulf
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
The Name of the Rose
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A Clash of Kings  (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
World Without End (The Kingsbridge Series, #2)
A Kingdom of Dreams (Westmoreland, #1)
The Bride (Lairds' Fiancées, #1)
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
The Secret (Highlands' Lairds #1)
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Song of Roland
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)

Robert G. Ingersoll
Some Christian lawyers—some eminent and stupid judges—have said and still say, that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of all law. Nothing could be more absurd. Long before these commandments were given there were codes of laws in India and Egypt—laws against murder, perjury, larceny, adultery and fraud. Such laws are as old as human society; as old as the love of life; as old as industry; as the idea of prosperity; as old as human love. All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; a ...more
Robert G. Ingersoll, About The Holy Bible

James K. Morrow
The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get Renaissance on his gonads.
James K. Morrow, The Last Witchfinder

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