medieval literary work

C12780

concept

A medieval literary work is a written or orally transmitted text from roughly the 5th to the 15th century that reflects the cultural, religious, and social contexts of the Middle Ages through genres such as epics, romances, hagiographies, chronicles, and lyric poetry.

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All labels observed (62)

Label	Occurrences
medieval literary work canonical	24
medieval work	14
medieval Latin work	12
medieval Latin text	10
medieval Latin chronicle	8
medieval historical work	6
medieval literature work	5
medieval narrative	5
Anglo-Saxon literature	4
Old Javanese literary work	4
medieval Jewish philosophical work	4
Heian-period literature	3
Heian-period work	3
Old English prose work	3
Old French literary work	3
medieval Cornish literary work	3
medieval Indian literature	3
Canterbury Tales tale	2
Middle Scots literature	2
Old English literature	2
medieval Arabic literature	2
medieval Icelandic saga	2
medieval Latin narrative	2
medieval Serbian literary work	2
medieval historiographical work	2
medieval philosophical work	2
medieval religious work	2
Celtic literary work	1
Medieval literary work	1
Middle Cornish literature	1
Middle High German literature	1
Old English homiletic work	1
Old English prose treatise	1
Old French literature	1
Old Russian literary work	1
Slavic literary monument	1
medieval Anglo-Norman verse narrative	1
medieval Arabic epic romance	1
medieval Armenian literary work	1
medieval Bengali narrative poem cycle	1
medieval Bengali narrative poetry	1
medieval Cornish poem	1
medieval French literary work	1
medieval Icelandic literary genre	1
medieval Kannada literature work	1
medieval Korean literature	1
medieval Latin historical work	1
medieval Latin literature	1
medieval Latin poetry	1
medieval Spanish literature	1
medieval Welsh chronicle	1
medieval Welsh literary work	1
medieval Welsh prose collection	1
medieval devotional genre	1
medieval epic	1
medieval epic poem	1
medieval grammatical treatise	1
medieval lexicographical work	1
medieval narrative poem	1
medieval narrative poetry	1
medieval play	1
medieval prophetic text	1

Instances (166)

Instance	Via concept surface
Practica inquisitionis heretice pravitatis	medieval Latin text
Leo the Deacon’s History	medieval historical work
Skylitzes’ Synopsis of Histories	medieval historical work
De secta illorum qui se dicunt esse de ordine Apostolorum	medieval Latin text
Wycliffe Bible translation	medieval religious work
Sverris saga	medieval narrative
Provisions for the Traveller and Nourishment for the Sedentary	medieval work
Canon Medicinae	medieval work
Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun	medieval work
Sīrat ʿAntar (Romance of Antar) surface form: Sīrat ʿAntar	medieval Arabic epic romance
Hagiography of Stefan Nemanja	medieval Serbian literary work
Javanese Kakawin Ramayana	Old Javanese literary work
De mulieribus claris	—
Catholic Homilies	Old English homiletic work
Ælfric’s Grammar	medieval grammatical treatise
Preface to Genesis	Anglo-Saxon literature
Letter to Sigeweard	Old English prose treatise
Letter to Brother Edward	Old English prose work
Old English homilies	Old English literature
Anglo-Saxon literature	Old English literature
Christ II	Anglo-Saxon literature
De Monarchia	medieval philosophical work
Convivio	—
Heliand	medieval literature work
Codex Zographensis	Slavic literary monument
Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew	medieval Latin narrative
Four Rows	medieval work
Barbour’s Bruce	Middle Scots literature
Vulgate Cycle	—
Epistolae	medieval Latin work
Prophecies of Merlin	medieval prophetic text
Mystery Play of Elche	medieval play
Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances	medieval narrative poetry
History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi	medieval Armenian literary work
De animalibus	medieval Latin work
Adipurana	medieval Indian literature
Sahasa Bhima Vijaya	medieval Kannada literature work
Fables	—
Espurgatoire Seint Patriz	medieval Anglo-Norman verse narrative
De temporum ratione	medieval Latin work
The Reeve's Tale	Canterbury Tales tale
Brut y Tywysogion	medieval Welsh chronicle
Nibelungenlied	medieval epic poem
Tristan	Middle High German literature
Quaestiones quodlibetales	medieval philosophical work
The Epistle of Forgiveness	medieval Arabic literature
Orkneyinga saga	medieval literature work
Murasaki Shikibu Diary	Heian-period work
Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs	medieval Latin literature
planctus Mariae (Lament of Mary) surface form: planctus Mariae	medieval devotional genre