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i'm in search of medieval literature, preferably stuff having

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i'm in search of medieval literature, preferably stuff having to do with knights like sir gawain and the green knight and other chivalric romances. what are the best editions and best collections? what's some stuff i probably haven't heard about?

thanks.
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Look in the archive, we have these threads at least once a week.
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>>8490875
where's the archive?
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The faerie queens is a bit later but awesome, also Check Ariosto and Tasso
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>>8490845
Froissart's chronicles. It's an account of more and less than the Hundred Years' War written by a French Knight. Full of deeds of arms and chivalry, and the English translation is a delight to read.
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>>8490946
This is really cool. I got a book with Ariosto's plays and Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered about a week ago. But aren't they Renaissance writers rather than Medieval.

Is it ok to consider the Renaissance as part of the late Medieval Era? It feels more like a transitional period.

Also, really interested in the topic.
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>>8490845
If for any reason you haven't yet heard of Chretien de Troye's round table stories, then that

>>8492443
Early Renaissance and late Medieval are the same thiing
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>>8490845
Ivanhoe is pretty cool.
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Fairy queen is great. Also, if you can find it, Sir Orfeo - it's a Middle English lay retelling the Greek myth of Orpheus, but with knights and badass Celtic fairies
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