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  2. Medieval literature - Wikipedia

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    t. e. 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).

  3. List of time periods - Wikipedia

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    Ancient history (The Bronze and Iron Ages are not part of prehistory for all regions and civilizations who had adopted or developed a writing system.) Bronze Age; Iron Age; Late Middle Ages. Renaissance; Early modern history; Modern history. Industrial Age (1760–1970) Machine Age (1880–1945) Age of Oil (1901–present) Jet Age (1940s)

  4. Women in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Women in the Middle Ages. An agricultural scene from the 14th-century English Luttrell Psalter, with a woman milking sheep and two women carrying vessels on their heads [1] Women in the Middle Ages in Europe occupied a number of different social roles. Women held the positions of wife, mother, peasant, artisan, and nun, as well as some ...

  5. List of historical fiction by time period - Wikipedia

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    Set in Prehistory (c. 30,000 BC – 3000 BC) Before Adam by Jack London. Earth's Children series by Jean Auel. Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell. Pillar of the Sky by Cecelia Holland. Mammoth Trilogy by Stephen Baxter. The Gathering Night by Margaret Elphinstone. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver.

  6. Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the Post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three ...

  7. List of time travel works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    A US Navy research ship accidentally travels back in time. The book was nominated for the Nebula Award, but lost to Dune. [9] 1965 / 1967 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: Yasutaka Tsutsui: A high-school girl accidentally acquires the ability to travel through time, which leads to her reliving multiple time loops. 1967 Jessamy: Barbara Sleigh

  8. Historiography in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Miniature on l. 5 verso of the Codex Amiatinus, which opens the Old Testament.It shows Ezra as a monastic scribe. Florence, Laurentian Library. Historiography in the Middle Ages (in Russian: Средневековая историография, in German: Mittelalterliche Geschichtsschreibung, in French: Historiographie médiévale) is an intentional preservation of the memory of the past in ...

  9. Middle English literature - Wikipedia

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    History of literatureby era. The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the late 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard, a form of London -based English, became widespread and the printing press regularized the language.