medieval settings
Knights and keeps
Medieval settings are fictional or historical environments evoking the European Middle Ages—roughly the 5th through 15th centuries.
The term appears most often in discussions of fantasy novels, video games, and role-playing games that feature castles, knights, feudal hierarchies, and pre-industrial technology: The game takes place in a medieval setting with dragons and magic.
Such settings may be historically accurate or loosely inspired, borrowing atmosphere without concern for authenticity.
- castleFortified medieval residence
- stone wallsRefuses to cooperate
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
- dark agesEra of decline or stagnation
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
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- historical fiction studiesperiod accuracy, world building, character development, anachronisms, authenticity
- Spanish Romanticismromantic drama, romantic heroes, romantic poets, lyric poetry, lyrical poetry
- fantasy tropesdragon, dragons, elf, elves, dwarf
- fantasy studiesfantasy tropes, worldbuilding, world-building, high fantasy, epic fantasy
- Walter ScottWaverley, Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Kenilworth, Woodstock
medieval settingsdystopian futures
Imagined oppressive societies ahead
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