50 Medieval Historical Novels
Chivalric Romance, Crusades, Courtly Intrigue, Norse Sagas, and Medieval Worlds ReimaginedBy Walter Scott, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Howard Pyle, George Gissing, William Morris, Grace Aguilar, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Mary Shelley, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Cao Xueqin, James Hogg, Georg Ebers, Robert Williams Buchanan, Lew Wallace, G. P. R. James, Pearl Poet, C. R. Macauley, Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío, John Fox Jr., G. A. Henty, William John Ferrar, Quatrelles, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Felix Dahn, Arthur W. Marchmont, Robert E. Howard, F. Marion Crawford, Friedrich de La Motte-Fouqué, Sylvanus Cobb, Robert B. Brough, Jean Bernard Lafon, Thomas Malory, Tobias Smollett, Florence L. Barclay, Emma Orczy, Jessie L. Weston, Thomas Love Peacock, John Bunyan, Maurice Hewlett, Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Emily Sarah Holt
Length656h 24m
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50 Medieval Historical Novels surveys the medieval past as it has been repeatedly reimagined across romance, adventure, Gothic fantasy, chivalric chronicle, religious allegory, and nationalist historical fiction. Ranging from Arthurian legend and crusading narratives to courtly intrigue, outlawry, and imagined reconstructions of feudal society, the volume places canonical medieval texts beside later works that transform the period into a site of ethical conflict and popular entertainment. Its standout materials include foundational romances, epic visions, and influential historical adventures. The contributors span medieval European poetry and prose as well as nineteenth- and early twentieth-century novelists writing from British, continental European, American, and transnational perspectives. Collectively, their work reflects Romantic medievalism, Victorian antiquarianism, the historical novel's concern with nation and inheritance, and the persistent appeal of chivalric ideals. By assembling voices shaped by distinct linguistic, religious, and cultural traditions, the collection reveals that "the medieval" is not a fixed era but a richly contested literary construction. This capacious anthology is recommended for readers of historical fiction, medieval reception, and comparative literature. It offers an unusually broad opportunity to trace how different styles and cultural assumptions remake the same distant world. Read together, these novels invite informed comparison between legend and history, nostalgia and critique, scholarly recovery and imaginative invention.
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GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction
Length656 hrs 24 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Ekkehard (Annotated)
26Footnote
250 Medieval Historical Novels
27Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende: A Tale of the Times of King Arthur
3Parzival
28TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
4Volume 1
29CHAPTER III. THE DWARF AND THE LANCE.
5INTRODUCTION
30CHAPTER VI. THE ORCHARD OF BRUNISSENDE.
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6BOOK I GAMURET
31CHAPTER VIII. TAULAT DE RUGUMON.
7BOOK II HERZELEIDE
32Ivanhoe
8BOOK III GURNEMANZ
33Chapter 1
9BOOK IV KONDWIRAMUR
34Chapter 2
10BOOK V ANFORTAS
35Chapter 3
11BOOK VI ARTHUR
36Chapter 4
12BOOK VII OBILOT
37Chapter 5
13BOOK VIII ANTIKONIE
38Chapter 6
14BOOK IX TREVREZENT
39Chapter 7
15APPENDICES
40Chapter 8
16Footnote
41Chapter 9
17Volume 2
42Chapter 10
18BOOK X ORGELUSE
43Chapter 11
19BOOK XI ARNIVE
44Chapter 12
20BOOK XII EIDEGAST
45Chapter 13
21BOOK XIII KLINGSOR
46Chapter 14
22BOOK XIV GRAMOFLANZ
47Chapter 15
23BOOK XV FEIREFIS
48Chapter 16
24BOOK XVI LOHENGRIN
49Chapter 17
25APPENDICES
50Chapter 18
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