The most important works of English Medieval literature
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By English Medieval literature, I exclude the works of English literature before the Norman Conquest as I personally see the Old English era as distinct from the Medieval English one. Thus, this post is mostly concerned with works written in Middle English. It should also be noted that when I am saying ''medieval'' in this article, I am only referring to those people that lived in western Europe from the beginning of the middle ages through the Renaissance. Although the academics would prefer the word to now include those in other regions, I prefer to confine in its meeting in a limited application as scholars traditionally understood it. With that, I proceed towards what I wish to discuss. 1. Introduction: Medieval People liked books and nature C. S. Lewis knew well that the Middle Ages were not the ''Dark Ages.'' He praised medieval people in fact for their philosophical understanding: ''At his most characteristic, medieval man was not a dr