Three major traditions of medieval literature

Chivalric tradition, religious tradition, folk tradition.

1. Knight tradition. Knight tradition takes knights as the protagonists and describes their virtues such as bravery, honor and loyalty. Famous knight tradition works include The Legend of King Arthur and The Song of Roland.

2. Religious tradition. Medieval Europe was an era when Christianity was prevalent. Therefore, religious tradition occupies an important position in literature. Religious traditional works take religious themes as the core and express themes such as faith, piety, sin and atonement. The most famous of them is the Bible.

various editions and commentaries, as well as religious dramas such as the Divine Comedy and the Pastorals.