Middle Ages in popular culture

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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