Beowulf
Foundational Old English epic and a major starting point for early English literature.
Author guide
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Short, influential medieval epic centered on Roland and Charlemagne.
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Classic Welsh mythic tales and Arthurian legend.
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A series of Icelandic family sagas and heroic narratives from medieval Iceland.
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Lancelot en prose
An Arthurian prose romance cycle centered on Lancelot and related courtly tales.
Outside the series
Standalone and other books
- BeowulfAmazon ↗
poem · 1000
- The Poetic EddaAmazon ↗
collection · 1270
- The NibelungenliedAmazon ↗
poem · 1200
- The Song of RolandAmazon ↗
poem · 1115
- Sir Gawain and the Green KnightAmazon ↗
poem · 1375
- PearlAmazon ↗
unknown · 1380
- The MabinogionAmazon ↗
collection · 1400
- The Story of Hong GildongAmazon ↗
novel · 1600
- The Vinland SagasAmazon ↗
collection · 1300
- Enuma ElishAmazon ↗
poem
- The Dream of the RoodAmazon ↗
poem
- The Questions of King MilindaAmazon ↗
unknown
- The Tale of the Two BrothersAmazon ↗
unknown
- The Tale of the Eloquent PeasantAmazon ↗
unknown
- The Periplus of the Erythraean SeaAmazon ↗
nonfiction
- The Voynich ManuscriptAmazon ↗
unknown · 1438
- The Life and Death of Cock RobinAmazon ↗
poem · 1840
- The Cattle-Raid of CooleyAmazon ↗
poem · 1000