Middle English
After a period of disuse, written English returned as popular literature at the end of the 12th century. This page provides information and details related to Classic Literature from the Middle English and 15th-century periods. Discover details about Chaucer, the Gawain poet, William Langland, and more.
A Glossarial DataBase of Middle English
Search the database of Middle English texts.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
"There are now thousands of sources in the Internet Medieval Sourcebook, and the previous large Selected Sources Index page was crashing many browsers."
Literature in Time - Literary Periods
Find a brief overview of periods in literature.
William Caxton & The Introduction of Printing
Robert Huntington Fletcher writes: "Malory's book is the first great English classic which was given to the world in print instead of written manuscript; for it was shortly after Malory's death that the printing press was brought to England by William Caxton." Read more about William Caxton in "A History of English Literature."