Lists of Bests: The Subjected Reader's "Medieval Lit 101" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/28500 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. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:13:46 GMT en-us 0 50 82 50 0 The Origin and Deeds of the Goths http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2762363 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2762363"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1406912700.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44271802_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jordanes</div> The Alexiad of Anna Comnena (The Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86023 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86023"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140442154.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anna Comnena</div> Distichs of Cato (Catonis Disticha) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756402 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dionysius Cato</div> The Consolation of Philosophy: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3321 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3321"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140447806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ancius Boethius</div> Songs of Holy Mary of Alfonso X, the Wise: A Translation of the Cantigas De Santa Maria (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series), V. 173.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/702991 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/702991"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0866982132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by King of Castile and Leon Alfonso X</div> Summa Theologiae: A Concise Translation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/412158 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/412158"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0870612107.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aquinas, Saint Thomas</div> The Divine Comedy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13699 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13699"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451208633.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dante Alighieri</div> The Decameron (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13969 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13969"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528662.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giovanni Boccaccio</div> Triumphs (Trionfi) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2762333 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Petrarch</div> The Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2624098 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2624098"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1905574231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by St. Catherine of Siena</div> A History of the Franks (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3269 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3269"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140442952.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44909078_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gregory of Tours</div> The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3243 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3243"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140440755.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> La chanson de Guillaume (Les classiques médiévaux) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756311 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756311"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/2844310125.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Sic et non: A critical edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2762219 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Abelard</div> The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3329 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3329"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140448993.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Abelard</div> Erec Et Enide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764869 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764869"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/2253054003.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chretien De Troyes</div> Cliges http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764877 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chretien de Troyes</div> Yvain, The Knight of the Lion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1573230 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chretien de Troyes</div> Lancelot : The Knight of the Cart http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1725308 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1725308"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0300071213.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chretien de Troyes</div> Perceval ou le Conte du Graal http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764878 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2764878"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/2080720880.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chrétien de Troyes</div> The Romance of the Rose (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4328 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4328"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192839489.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guillaume de Lorris</div> Chronicles (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1572151 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1572151"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140442006.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44909482_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jean Froissart</div> The Book of the City of Ladies (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/843029 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/843029"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140446893.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christine de Pizan</div> Selected Writings (Hildegard of Bingen) (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/842993 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/842993"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140436049.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43031945_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hildegard of Bingen</div> Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1614615 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1614615"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/030011320X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Parzival and Titurel (Oxford World's Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2232801 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2232801"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192806157.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wolfram von Eschenbach</div> Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2762357 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Saxo Grammaticus</div> Poems of the Vikings: The Elder Edda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/75008 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Patricia Terry</div> The Younger Edda (Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2762231 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2762231"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1428049622.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071169 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1071169"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0292730616.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Snorri Sturluson</div> The Tain (from the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2730371 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2730371"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192810901.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div> The Mabinogion http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2596562 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2596562"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192832425.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Beowulf: A New Verse Translation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10942 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10942"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393320979.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2755905 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2755905"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1858334780.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Aelfric's lives of Saints: Being a set of sermons on Saint's days formerly observed by the English Church (Early English Text Society) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2755913 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aelfric</div> Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3304 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3304"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014044565X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bede</div> Wulf and Eadwacer (poem) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2755935 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> The Wanderer (poem) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2755956 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> The Battle of Maldon: Text and Translation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2755959 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2755959"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0951620908.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Seafarer (Methuen's Old English Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2755979 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Dream of the Rood (Exeter Medieval English Texts and Studies) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1275176 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1275176"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0859895033.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Wife's Lament (poem) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756448 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Judith, an Old English epic fragment http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756000 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Prayers and Meditations of St. Anselm with the Proslogion (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051173 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1051173"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140442782.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anselm of Aosta</div> The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3253 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3253"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140441700.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Geoffrey of Monmouth</div> King Horn: A Middle-English Romance http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756209 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756209"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0543926125.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Unknown Author</div> Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756044 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756044"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1406904481.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44278553_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wace</div> Ancrene Wisse: Guide for Anchoresses (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756020 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756020"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140445854.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> The Life of Christina of Markyate, A Twelfth Century Recluse http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756031 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Ladder of Perfection (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756339 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2756339"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140445110.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Hilton</div>