What is some medieval literature you guys recommend to someone who wants to get into medievalism?
Penguin's The Sagas of the Icelanders volume Njal's Saga translated by Robert Cook Poetic Edda translated by Carolyne LarringtonBeowulf translated by R.M. Liuzza
Piers Plowman, Le Morte d'Arthur by Malory and Le Testament by François Villon
sir gawain and the green knight
>>24743808How difficult is it for a native French speaker to read Villon?
>>24743771Song of Roland Song of the Nibelungs
>>24744426That's Chanson de Roland and Nibelungenlied to you.
>>24743771Canterbury Tales
>>24744426nibelungs are entry level. I would go with der arme Heinrich instead.
>>24743771A lot of it can be boring due to the methodology, but some actual interesting ones that give insight into pagan, transitional, and Christian periods are:>Volsunga sagaa fun read, Nibelungenlied is exhausting, its also a great window into pre-christian germanic mindsets>Frithiof saga fun read, great window into transitional pagan-Christian mindset>Works of Chretien de troyes like Gawain, knight of the lionfun reads, window into full Christian chivalric mindset
>>24744720gawain, kinght of the lionsorry, meant YVAIN, knight of the lion. got my round tables mixed up.
Book of Marvels and Travels by Sir John Mandeville: the original shitposter.
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Boccaccio and Chaucer.For memoirs, Rex Francorum.
the more snails it has, the more esoteric
>>24744419just read it in translation. French "people" are disgusting.
>>24743771The divine comedyYvainGawain & the green knight"Audiart" and "Piere Vidal Old" by Ezra PoundPoems of Arnaut Daniel, François VillonChaucer
>>24744419I'm not a native french speaker but middle french is piss easy if you know french. same thing with old french, piss easy. So it must also be easy for natives.
>>24746740modern french speak the gutter version and want the rules of conjugation to be simplified like english. the real frogs are in the dirt.
>>24743771Reynard the Fox
>>24743771am i allowed to suggest movies on this board? to accompany whatever you're reading i highly recommend eric rohmer's perceval
>>24744408>>24746618imo i remember Gawain being too purple in the prose for my liking. At least the Tolkien translation. Not against poetry in general, I just like clarity and frankness of intent, which something like the song of roland does more of.
Romance of the Rose
>>24743771summa theologicaparadise lostcanterbury tales
>>24748571>paradise lostThat's from the 17th century, shit ain't medieval.
>>24748571>summa theologica>someone who wants to get intoare you just quoting impressive sounding names instead of ansering the question? only caterbury tales is super applicable to op and it sounds like you only mentioned it cause its also a big name.
>>24746913Not OP but I'll watch it today, thanks for the recommendation
>>24748575oh very clever. why dont you write a little essay explaining why its worldview is post-medieval
>>24743771Marie de France is your starting point for short stories. Otherwise this:>>24744567>>24748575Yes it is. The industrial period doesn't kick off until the 18th century.
>>24748633>summa theologica>>someone who wants to get intobecause brother thomas o.p. was the medieval mind
>>24743771The Decameron is outstanding.
The GOAT obviously.But I also am quite fond of Everyman, and then Beowulf is great and quick. Le Morte d'Arthur is fun.For understanding the mindset, Boethius' Consolation is really great. It was the most copied book of the era outside the Bible. It's a philosophical dialogue mixed with poems, so maybe don't start there, but it's worth checking out. Also a really great book.
>>24749883So you could write medieval literature today as long as you have the right worldview? Piss off.>>24749889This guy thinks we went straight from medieval times to the industrial revolution.
>>24749889the ages are* age of heroes, homer, pythagoras, elijah, jeremiah* ancient times, socrates, malachi* classical times, Jesus, paul, john, justin martyr* medieval, aquinas* the renaissance of martin luther against the oppressive papist and habsburg world system* industrializationparadise lost was written in england by a man who was part of cromwells puritan revolootionary government. puritanism and papism are both judaizing, self-worshipping heresies. the renaissance came to england with king james and the KJV
>>24746913based
>>24751033>This guy thinks we went straight from medieval times to the industrial revolution.That's precisely what happened. >>24751737Few things:>heroes is the ancient period>the OT never occurred historically, it's fictionSo you have the pre-Bronze Age Collapse as the ancient period, the post-BAC as the classical, the medieval after the classical. Industry shifts culture away from medievalism. There was no 'renaissance' and no 'enlightenment'. The whole thing is liberal-capital propaganda to pass off a small group of secularists as harbingers of a revolution in liberalism. None of the artistic greats were liberal nor secular- they were ALL Christian and presumably pro-monarchy, even those living in Venice. The renaissance doesn't even make sense as a concept, that's why authors trying to hamfist it into history have two different centuries as starting dates (1300s Italy and 1500s in northern Europe, usually confined to Germany).The reality is that life was basically medieval even in the early 1700s.
>>24749889>>24752162conventionally meant, 1600s are firmly in the "early modern" period. YOU could extend it to the fall of the old regime in the french revolution, or hell even ww1, but thats not what is usually refered to by "medieval".You can assume what someone means by medieval.
>>24752195>conventionally meant, 1600s are firmly in the "early modern"Uh, no it's fucking not. The modern era does not start until the 20th century. The early modern era is the industrial period, because the culture and means of living of our times begins as a result of industrial growth.>Early Medieval: 6th century to 9th century>Middle Ages: Late 9th to 12th century>High Medieval: 12th to 15th century>Late Medieval: Late 15th to early 18th centuryThe best argument that you could make solely comes from the military standpoint with the rise of gunpowder, especially when Scandi's started using the organ gun and later again with the rise of the musket. Notice how you could not defend the concept of a renaissance or enlightenment.
