Getting medieval...
I realised I have lots of appropriate books on my shelves already:
Literature:
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (11th/12th century)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (trans Simon Armitage) (original 14th C)
Beowulf trans Seamus Heaney (orig 8-11th C)
The Canterbury Tales (C14)
La Mort le Roi Artu c 1230
Le Mort d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (15th C?)
The Tale of Genji (11th C)
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon (10-11C)
The Mabinogion
The Sagas of the Icelanders
The Bodhicaryavatara (8C)
Historical Fiction:
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
Cadfael books (Ellis Peters)
The Cloister and the Hearth (Charles Reade)
YA/Childrens historical fiction:
Dawn Wind (Rosemary Sutcliff)
Viking's Dawn (Henry Treece)
The Childrens Crusade (Henry Treece)
Mist over Athelney (Geoffrey Trease)
The Baron's Hostage (Geoffrey Trease)
Mantlemass novels (Barbara Willard)
The Saga of Eric the Viking (Terry Jones)
History:
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
I'm looking forward to some reading / rereading! But I could do with some more in the history category. Can anyone recommend some accessible medieval popular history?
Literature:
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (11th/12th century)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (trans Simon Armitage) (original 14th C)
Beowulf trans Seamus Heaney (orig 8-11th C)
The Canterbury Tales (C14)
La Mort le Roi Artu c 1230
Le Mort d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (15th C?)
The Tale of Genji (11th C)
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon (10-11C)
The Mabinogion
The Sagas of the Icelanders
The Bodhicaryavatara (8C)
Historical Fiction:
Baudolino (Umberto Eco)
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
Cadfael books (Ellis Peters)
The Cloister and the Hearth (Charles Reade)
YA/Childrens historical fiction:
Dawn Wind (Rosemary Sutcliff)
Viking's Dawn (Henry Treece)
The Childrens Crusade (Henry Treece)
Mist over Athelney (Geoffrey Trease)
The Baron's Hostage (Geoffrey Trease)
Mantlemass novels (Barbara Willard)
The Saga of Eric the Viking (Terry Jones)
History:
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
I'm looking forward to some reading / rereading! But I could do with some more in the history category. Can anyone recommend some accessible medieval popular history?