Medieval Europe Booklist

World History > Early Medieval / High Middle Ages > Medieval Europe

Book recommendations pertaining to Medieval Europe (400-1399).

See Also: Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece

Book Title	Author	PubDate	Reading Age	Time Period	Time Frame	Geographic Area	Country	Topic	Genre	Format
The Once and Future King	White, T.H.	1987	YA A	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
Black Horses for the King	McCaffrey, Anne	1996	UMG YA	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	F M	CB
The Kitchen Knight	Hodges, Margaret	2007	LE	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	PB
A Tail of Camelot	Leung, Julie	2016	MG UMG	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	CB
The Sword and the Circle	Sutcliff, Rosemary	1981	UMG YA	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
Sword at Sunset	Sutcliff, Rosemary	1963	YA A	Early Medieval	400	Europe	Great Britain	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
The White Stag	Seredy, Kate	1937	UMG	Early Medieval	406–453	Europe	Hungary	Atilla the Hun Hungary	F M	CB
Attila the Hun: Leader of the Barbarian Hordes	Price, Sean Stewart	2015	UMG YA	Early Medieval	406–453	Europe	Hungary	Atilla the Hun	NF Bio	CB
The Middle Ages: A Graphic History	Janega, Eleanor	2021	YA A	Early Medieval High Middle Ages	476-1500	Europe	Various	Medieval Life	NF	GN
Brendan the Navigator	Fritz, Jean	1979	MG	Early Medieval	484-577	Europe	Ireland	Explorers	NF Bio	PB
Beowulf, Dragon Slayer	Sutcliff, Rosemary	2016	UMG YA	Early Medieval	500	Scandinavia	Scandinavia	Anglo-Saxon Mythology Beowulf	M	N
The Middle Ages: An Interactive History Adventure	Lassieur, Allison	2010	MG	Early Medieval	500-1500	Europe	Various	Medieval Life	NF	CB
The Lost Queen, Book I	Pike, Signe	2018	A	Early Medieval	550-556	Europe	Scotland	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
The Forgotten Kingdom, Book II	Pike, Signe	2021	A	Early Medieval	573	Europe	Scotland	Arthurian Legends	M F	N
The Witch's Heart	Gornichec, Genevieve	2021	YA A	Early Medieval	700	Europe	Scandinavia	Norse Mythology	M F	N
Son of Charlemagne	Willard, Barbara	1959	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	781-800	Europe	France	Charlemagne	F	CB
A Child's Introduction to Norse Mythology	Alexander, Heather	2018	LE MG	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	PB
The Saga of Erik the Viking	Jones, Terry	1983	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	N
Riddle of the Runes	Ramirez, Janina	2018	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	CB
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths	D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar	2005	LE MG	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	PB
Way of the Waves	Ramirez, Janina	2019	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	CB
Norse Mythology	Gaiman, Neil	2017	YA A	High Middle Ages	790-1100	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	M	N
Life as a Viking: An Interactive History Adventure	Lassieur, Allison	2010	MG	High Middle Ages	793-1066	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	NF	CB
Guts & Glory: The Vikings	Thompson, Ben	2016	UMG	High Middle Ages	793-1066	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	NF	CB
Odd and the Frost Giants	Gaiman, Neil	2008	MG	High Middle Ages	800	Scandinavia	Norway	Vikings	F M	PB CB
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Viking Explorer	Langley, Andrew	2001	LE MG	High Middle Ages	800	Scandinavia North America	Norway	Vikings	NF	PB
Arthur and the Golden Rope	Todd-Stanton, Joe	2020	LE MG	High Middle Ages	800	Scandinavia	Iceland	Vikings	M F	PB GN
The Last Kingdom	Cornwell, Bernard	2004	A	High Middle Ages	867-876	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
The Pale Horseman	Cornwell, Bernard	2005	A	High Middle Ages	876-878	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
The Lords of the North	Cornwell, Bernard	2006	A	High Middle Ages	878-881	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
Sword Song	Cornwell, Bernard	2007	A	High Middle Ages	886	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
The Burning Land	Cornwell, Bernard	2009	A	High Middle Ages	886	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
Death of Kings	Cornwell, Bernard	2011	A	High Middle Ages	899-902	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
The Pagan Lord	Cornwell, Bernard	2013	A	High Middle Ages	909-910	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
The Empty Throne	Cornwell, Bernard	2014	A	High Middle Ages	911	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
Warriors of the Storm	Cornwell, Bernard	2015	A	High Middle Ages	917	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
The Flame Bearer	Cornwell, Bernard	2017	A	High Middle Ages	918	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
War of the Wolf	Cornwell, Bernard	2018	A	High Middle Ages	920	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
Sword of Kings	Cornwell, Bernard	2019	A	High Middle Ages	924	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
War Lord	Cornwell, Bernard	2020	A	High Middle Ages	937	Europe	Great Britain	Saxon Stories Vikings	F	N
1066 The Year of the Conquest	Howarth, David	1977	YA A	High Middle Ages	1066	Europe	Great Britain	Norman Invasion	NF	B
Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens	Weir, Alison	2017	A	High Middle Ages	1066-1154	Europe	Great Britain	Kings and Queens	F Bio	N
Anna of Byzantium	Barrett, Tracy	1999	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	1081-1118	Europe	Turkey	Byzantine Empire	F Bio	CB
A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver	Konigsburg, E.L.	1973	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	1122-1204	Europe	Great Britain	Kings and Queens	F Bio	CB
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine	Weir, Alison	2011	A	High Middle Ages	1151-1204	Europe	France	Plantagenet Dynasty	F Bio	N
Queens of the Crusades: England's Medieval Queens	Weir, Alison	2021	A	High Middle Ages	1154-1291	Europe	Great Britain	Kings and Queens	F Bio	N
The Mad Wolf's Daughter	Magras, Diane	2018	MG UMG	High Middle Ages	1210	Europe	Scotland	Scottish History Medieval Scotland	F	CB
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog	Gidwitz, Adam	2016	UMG	High Middle Ages	1242	Europe	France	Medieval Life	HF	CB
Cathedral	Macaulay, David	1973	LE MG	High Middle Ages	1252	Europe	France	Medieval Life Building Cathedrals	F	PB
The Adventures of Marco Polo	Freedman, Russell	2006	LE MG	High Middle Ages	1254-1324	Europe	Italy China	Explorers	NF Bio	PB
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!	Schlitz, Laura Amy	2007	MG UMG	High Middle Ages	1255	Europe	Great Britain	Medieval Life	F	CB
Castle	Macaulay, David	1977	LE MG	High Middle Ages	1277-1305	Europe	Great Britain	Medieval Life Castles Building	F	PB
Castle Diary	Platt, Richard	1999	MG	High Middle Ages	1285	Europe	Great Britain	Castles Medieval Life	F	CB
The Apple and the Arrow	Buff, Mary and Conrad	1951	MG UMG	High Middle Ages	1291	Europe	Switzerland	William Tell	F	CB
A Distant Mirror	Tuchman, Barbara W.	1978	YA A	High Middle Ages	1300-1399	Europe	Various	Medieval Life	NF	B
The Door in the Wall	de Angeli, Marguerite	1949	MG UMG	High Middle Ages	1300-1399	Europe	Great Britain	Medieval Life	F	CB
Wild Bird	Zahler, Diane	2023	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	1300-1399	Europe	France Norway	Plagues Medieval Life Bubonic Plague	F	N
Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England	Weir, Alison	2005	A	High Middle Ages	1303-1358	Europe	Great Britain France	Queen Isabella	F Bio	N
Girl in a Cage	Yolen, Jane Harris, Robert J.	2002	UMG YA	High Middle Ages	1306-1307	Europe	Scotland Great Britain	Middle Ages Scottish History	F	CB
All Out	Mitchell, Saundra	2020	YA	various	1350-1999	North America Europe	United States Mexico Great Britain France	LGBTQ+	F	N
You Wouldn't Want to Work on a Medieval Cathedral	Macdonald, Fiona	2013	LE MG	High Middle Ages	1370-1379	Europe	Great Britain	Medieval Cathedrals Building	NF	PB
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster	Weir, Alison	2007	A	High Middle Ages	1378-1403	Europe	Great Britain France	Katherine Swynford	F Bio	N
A Medieval Feast	Aliki	1983	LE	High Middle Ages	1399	Europe	Great Britain	Medieval Life	NF	PB

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List of abbreviations:

Reading Age	Genre	Format
LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+)	NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book	PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir