The Subjected Reader's "Medieval Lit 101"

Important (mostly Western European) medieval literature that I want to (re)read. It’s organized in a vague geographical order:

Byzantine/Greek: 1-2
Roman/Italian: 3-10
French: 11-23
German: 24-26
Scandinavian: 27-30
Ireland/Wales/England: 31-80

These categories are kind of arbitrary since they’re based on countries that didn’t really exist in the medieval period, and people were constantly conquering one another, but…I had to settle on something. I tried to put authors/works in the area they’re most often associated with or that they lived in the longest (e.g. Anselm was born in France, but was the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Christine de Pizan was born in Italy but grew up in France.)

Within each category I tried to arrange them as chronologically as possible (since the dating of manuscripts isn’t always an exact science.)

I’ll be adding to the list over time.

Send to Printer The Subjected Reader's "Medieval Lit 101" Important (mostly Western European) medieval literature that I want to (re)read. It’s organized in a vague geographical order: Byzantine/Greek: 1-2 Roman/Italian: 3-10 French: 11-23 German: 24-26 Scandinavian: 27-30 Ireland/Wales/England: 31-80 These categories are kind of arbitrary since they’re based on countries that didn’t really exist in the medieval period, and people were constantly conquering one another, but…I had to settle on something. I tried to put authors/works in the area they’re most often associated with or that they lived in the longest (e.g. Anselm was born in France, but was the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Christine de Pizan was born in Italy but grew up in France.) Within each category I tried to arrange them as chronologically as possible (since the dating of manuscripts isn’t always an exact science.) I’ll be adding to the list over time.
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	1.		The Origin and Deeds of the Goths by Jordanes
	2.		The Alexiad of Anna Comnena (The Penguin Classics) by Anna Comnena
	3.	?	Distichs of Cato (Catonis Disticha) by Dionysius Cato
	4.		The Consolation of Philosophy: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Ancius Boethius
	5.		Songs of Holy Mary of Alfonso X, the Wise: A Translation of the Cantigas De Santa Maria (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series), V. 173.) by King of Castile and Leon Alfonso X
	6.		Summa Theologiae: A Concise Translation by Aquinas, Saint Thomas
	7.		The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
	8.		The Decameron (Signet Classics) by Giovanni Boccaccio
	9.	?	Triumphs (Trionfi) by Petrarch
	10.		The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena by St. Catherine of Siena
	11.		A History of the Franks (Penguin Classics) by Gregory of Tours
	12.		The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
	13.		La chanson de Guillaume (Les classiques médiévaux)
	14.	?	Sic et non: A critical edition by Peter Abelard
	15.		The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Penguin Classics) by Peter Abelard
	16.		Erec Et Enide by Chretien De Troyes
	17.	?	Cliges by Chretien de Troyes
	18.	?	Yvain, The Knight of the Lion by Chretien de Troyes
	19.		Lancelot : The Knight of the Cart by Chretien de Troyes
	20.		Perceval ou le Conte du Graal by Chrétien de Troyes
	21.		The Romance of the Rose (Oxford World's Classics) by Guillaume de Lorris
	22.		Chronicles (Penguin Classics) by Jean Froissart
	23.		The Book of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics) by Christine de Pizan
	24.		Selected Writings (Hildegard of Bingen) (Penguin Classics) by Hildegard of Bingen
	25.		Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs
	26.		Parzival and Titurel (Oxford World's Classics) by Wolfram von Eschenbach
	27.	?	Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) by Saxo Grammaticus
	28.	?	Poems of the Vikings: The Elder Edda by Patricia Terry
	29.		The Younger Edda (Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda)
	30.		Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
	31.		The Tain (from the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge)
	32.		The Mabinogion
	33.		Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
	34.		The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
	35.	?	Aelfric's lives of Saints: Being a set of sermons on Saint's days formerly observed by the English Church (Early English Text Society) by Aelfric
	36.		Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Penguin Classics) by Bede
	37.	?	Wulf and Eadwacer (poem) by Anonymous
	38.	?	The Wanderer (poem) by Anonymous
	39.		The Battle of Maldon: Text and Translation
	40.	?	The Seafarer (Methuen's Old English Library)
	41.		The Dream of the Rood (Exeter Medieval English Texts and Studies)
	42.	?	The Wife's Lament (poem)
	43.	?	Judith, an Old English epic fragment
	44.		Prayers and Meditations of St. Anselm with the Proslogion (Penguin Classics) by Anselm of Aosta
	45.		The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics) by Geoffrey of Monmouth
	46.		King Horn: A Middle-English Romance by Unknown Author
	47.		Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Wace
	48.		Ancrene Wisse: Guide for Anchoresses (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
	49.	?	The Life of Christina of Markyate, A Twelfth Century Recluse
	50.		The Ladder of Perfection (Penguin Classics) by Walter Hilton
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