Middle Ages in popular culture

The 1922 film poster for Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, starring Douglas Fairbanks

1941 comic adaptation of Walter Scott's 1819 novel, Ivanhoe

Representations of the Middle Ages frequently occur in cultural media, from literature, drama, and film to comics, reenactment, and video games. Examples include:

General

Historical reenactment
Medievalism and Neo-medievalism
Middle Ages in film
Dark Ages in modern non-scholarly use

Early Middle Ages

List of translations and artistic depictions of Beowulf

King Arthur in various media
Lady Godiva in popular culture
Irish mythology in popular culture
Vikings in popular culture
Viking revival
Norse mythology in popular culture

High Middle Ages

Knights Templar and popular culture
Robin Hood in popular culture
List of films and television series featuring Robin Hood

Late Middle Ages

Knight-errant
Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc

Islamic Golden Age

Scheherazade in popular culture
One Thousand and One Nights in world culture

References

European Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages	Migration Period Decline of the Western Roman Empire Barbarian kingdoms Late antiquity Decline of Hellenistic religion Christianity in the Middle Ages Christianization Rise of Islam Papal States First Bulgarian Empire Frankish Empire Principality of Serbia Duchy of Croatia Anglo-Saxon England Viking Age Carolingian Empire Old Church Slavonic Rise of the Venetian Republic Civitas Schinesghe Kievan Rus' Growth of the Eastern Roman Empire Reconquista
High Middle Ages	Norman Conquest Holy Roman Empire Second Bulgarian Empire Georgian Empire Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Serbia Kingdom of Croatia Feudalism Rise of the Republic of Genoa Great Schism Investiture Controversy Crusades Republic of Florence Scholasticism Capet–Plantagenet feud Monasticism Communalism Manorialism Medieval Warm Period Mongol invasion of Europe Kingdom of Portugal
Late Middle Ages	Hundred Years' War Wars of the Roses Hussite Wars Burgundy Milan France England Serbian Empire Castile Western Schism Fall of Constantinople Rise of the Ottoman Empire Swiss mercenaries Chivalry Renaissance Humanism Universities Crisis of the late Middle Ages Great Famine Little Ice Age
Culture	Agriculture Architecture Art Church and State Cuisine Crusading movement Dance Demography Domes Hastilude Household Hunting In popular culture Itinerant court Literature Medicine Minstrel Music Philosophy Poetry Science Slavery Technology Theatre Warfare Women
Related	Dark Ages Disability in the Middle Ages Basic topics list Land terms Medievalism Medieval reenactment Medieval studies Misconceptions Neo-medievalism Peasant Wars Post-classical history Timeline Historiography in the Middle Ages Medieval archaeology
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