medieval literature
Noun
Meaning
medieval literature (usually uncountable, plural medieval literatures)
literature of the Middle Ages; all literary works written in the Middle Ages
Examples
Achilles in Roman and medieval literature The Romans, who traditionally traced their lineage to Troy, took a highly negative view of Achilles.
Furthermore, the Green Knight tells Gawain to meet him at the Green Chapel in "a year and a day"—a period of time seen often in medieval literature.
In the medieval literature of Western Europe, serious writing was usually in Latin, while popular tales, often focusing on love, were composed in the vernacular and came to be called " romances ".
Lawrence Besserman, a specialist in medieval literature, explains that "the Green Knight is not a figurative representative of Christ.
The number eleven is associated with transgression in other medieval literature (being one more than ten, a number associated with the Ten Commandments ).
Visible is medieval literature overlapping with Renaissance up to the 1540s, modern literature beginning 1720, and baroque-era works (1570 to 1730) in between; there is a 20-year gap, 1545-1565, separating the Renaissance from the Baroque era.