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{{Short description|500-1500 CE settings in books, tv and film}}
[[File:Douglas Fairbanks Robin Hood 1922 film poster.jpg|right|thumb|The 1922 film poster for ''[[Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood]]'', starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]]]]
[[File:CC No 02 Ivanhoe 2.jpg|thumb|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 game|video games]]. Examples include:

;General
* [[Historical reenactment]]
* [[Medievalism]] and [[Neo-medievalism]]
* [[Middle Ages in film]]
* [[Dark_Ages_(historiography)#Modern_non-scholarly_use|Dark Ages in modern non-scholarly use]]

;Early Middle Ages

* [[List of translations and artistic depictions of Beowulf|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|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|''One Thousand and One Nights'' in world culture]]

==References==
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