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Medieval writers — people writing during the Middle Ages, generally from the 6th century to the 15th century. Subcategories This category has the following 59 subcategories, out of 59 total.
Poets of the medieval Islamic world (24 C, 13 P) S. Medieval Scottish poets (3 C) Medieval Serbian poets (5 P) Skalds (1 C, 23 P) Medieval Spanish poets (7 C) T.
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 ...
Oedipodea, Thebaid, Epigoni and Alcmeonis, forming the so-called Theban Cycle (only fragments survive) A series of poems ascribed to Hesiod during antiquity (of which only fragments survive): Aegimius (alternatively ascribed to Cercops of Miletus), Astronomia , Descent of Perithous , Idaean Dactyls (almost completely lost), Megala Erga ...
Eustache Deschamps (1346–1406), medieval French poet; Lord de Tabley (1835–1895), poet and botanist; Babette Deutsch (1895–1982), US poet, critic and novelist; Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562–1635), Spanish playwright and poet; Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, courtier and poet praised also for lost plays
Poetry took numerous forms in medieval Europe, for example, lyric and epic poetry. The troubadours, trouvères, and the minnesänger are known for composing their lyric poetry about courtly love usually accompanied by an instrument. [1] Among the most famous of secular poetry is Carmina Burana, a manuscript collection of 254 poems.
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Medieval literature — literature created during the Middle Ages, generally from the 6th century to 15th century.; Works from the 6th through 9th centuries are considered Early Medieval (Middle Ages) literature, from the 10th through 13th centuries High Middle Ages literature, and from the 14th and 15th centuries Late Middle Ages literature.