Introduction
Historical and Geographical
Considerations
Social Structure
Literary History
Philosophical and Religious
Thought
Mystical Literature
Jewish History and Literature
The End of the Middle Ages
Conclusion
Suggested Reading
The European Middle Ages, despite its foreignness (alterity) and
chronological distance from us today, exert tremendous fascination
on people in the modern …
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Citation:
Classen, Albrecht. "Middle Ages". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 December 2003 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1354, accessed 23 November 2024.]
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