Medieval Literature
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Chronological Reading List
Confession – St. Patrick – 5th Century – British
The Confession of St. Patrick, translated from the Latin
Beowulf – Author Unk – ca. 700-900 – British
Beowulf in Hypertext, from McMaster University
Song of Roland – Author Unk – 1090’s – French
Song of Roland, from Online Medieval and Classical Library
The Battle of Maldon – Author Unk – 12th Century – British
The Battle of Maldon, translated by Wilfrid Berridge M.A.
Song of el Cid – Author Unk – 12th Century – Spanish
The Lay of the Cid (portion of the Song of el Cid, from the Online Medieval and Classical Library
Song of Igor’s Campaign – Author Unknown (12 Century) – Russian
Song of Igor's Campaign, translated by Vladimir Nabakov
Perceval: The Story of the Grail – Chretien de Troyes – French
The Story of the Grail - Original French, plus English translation
The Summa, Parts I,II,III – St. Thomas Aquinas – 1225-1274 – Italian
The Summa Theologica - translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
The Romance of the Rose – Guillaume de Lorris – 1235 – French
excerpts from Roman de la Rose, translated by Charles Dahlberg
Song of the Nibelungs – Author Unk – 13th Century – Germanic
The Nibelungenlied - The Online Medieval and Classical Library
Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri – 1310 – Italian
The Divine Comedy, translated by James Finn Carter
Piers Plowman – William Langland – ca. 1372-1389 – British
The Book of Margery Kempe – Margery Kempe – 1373-1438 – British
The Book of Margery Kempe, background and excerpts from Luminarium.org
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – Author Unk – ca. 1375-1400 – British
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by Paul Deane
The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer – late 14th Century – British
The Canterbury Tales, with side-by-side English translation plus glossary
La Morte d-Arthur – Sir Thomas Malory – 1485 – British
La Morte d'Arthur (Middle English)
Everyman – Author Unknown – post 1485 - British
Everyman, from Medieval Sourcebook
