Ok, I know, there’s nothing more eye-rollingly boring than medieval literature, right? Wrong! It’s super interesting, in the stories that are told, and in the development of English as a language, and in the development of the novel as a literary genre. Did you read Harry Potter? Those were good novels, right? Both the concept of a novel, and also some of the cool things in Harry Potter, like wizards, hippogriffs, magic wands, magic potions – a lot of these ideas come from medieval literature.
Image of the Song of Roland Manuscript
Image of Le Morte d'Arthur manuscript
Image from Le Morte d'Arthur
Actual Picture of Grendel (low res)
King Arthur and the Knight on the Bridge
