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literature produced during the Middle Ages

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Within Vinony's link graph, medieval literature is referenced by 838 other articles, and connects out to allegory, mystery play and Catholic Church.

It sits within the topics History of literature, Medieval culture and Medieval literature.

Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.

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Statuta Mutine Reformata, 1420–1485; parchment codex bound in wood and leather with brass plaques worked the corners and in the center, with clasps.

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 was composed of religious writings as well as secular works. Like modern literature, it is a broad field of study, from the utterly sacred to the exuberantly profane, touching all points in between. Works of literature are often grouped by place of origin, language, and genre.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “medieval literature” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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