The Most Important Works of Mediaeval Literature
Here is a list of Mediaeval literature works that every medievalist should read. I haven't read them all yet. Of course, there are many more than this that could be added. However, to me, these are some of the most important titles for readers to remember: 1. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 2. The Divine Comedy by Dante 3. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 4. The Song of Roland 5. Beowulf 6. The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius 7. City of God by Augustine of Hippo* 8. On the Trinity by Augustine of Hippo 9. Confessions by Augustine of Hippo 10. Summary of Theology by Thomas Aquinas 11. Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory 12. The Quest for the Holy Grail 13. Everyman 14. The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede 15. Canonzoniere by Petrarch 16. The Arthurian Romances by Chretien de Troyes 17. The Decameron by Boccaccio 18. The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe 19. The Romance of the Rose 20. The Golden Legend by Jacobus de Varagin