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Medieval Writers

A sample of our entries on Medieval writers, works and topics. To find more, click through to 'Contemporaries' from any entry, or use one of the searches provided in this bookshelf.

Articles

Ancrene Wisse.  (Anon) 1230 (?)
Aue, Hartmann von 1180 (?) - 1203 (?)
Barbour, John 1340 - 1395
Boccaccio, Giovanni 1335 (?) - 1375
Brut (The Middle English Prose Brut).  (Anon) 1400 (?)
Chaucer, Geoffrey 1360 - 1400
Clanvowe, John 1386 (?) - 1391
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 1135 (?) - 1155
Hildegard of Bingen, 1118 - 1179
Hoccleve, Thomas 1402 - 1426
John of Salisbury, 1145 - 1180
Julian of Norwich, 1373 - 1416 (?)
Kempe, Margery 1393 - 1438
Kempis, Thomas ŕ 1406 (?) - 1471
Kempis, Thomas ŕ 1406 (?) - 1471
Malory, Thomas 1450 (?) - 1470 (?)
Mannyng, Robert 1303 - 1338
Marie de France, 1160 (?) - 1199 (?)
Medieval Manuscript Culture 700 - 1500
Middle Ages 500 - 1500
Middle English Lyric 1100-1500 1100 - 1500
The Canterbury Tales.  (Chaucer, Geoffrey) 1387 (?) - 2400
The Croxton Play of the Sacrament.  (Anon) 1461 (?)
The Wife’s Lament.  (Anon) 940 (?)
Veldeke, Heinrich van 1165 (?) - 1200 (?)
Wace, 1120 (?) - 1170 (?)
Zirclaere, Thomasin von 1215 - 12 45 (?)

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Books and Manuscripts published between 500 and 1500 AD [Cworks]
People active between 500 and 1500 AD [Cpeople]