The following table will show the more important kinds of French
Mediaeval Literature.[1]

[1] This classification is adapted from M. Gaston Paris'
excellent sketch "La Litterature Francaise au Moyen Age", 1890,
and Saintsbury's "Short History of French Literature", 1889.


I. Narrative Literature.

1. The National Epics.

2. Romances of Antiquity.

3. Arthurian Romances.

4. Romances of Adventure.

5. Tales and Fables.

6. Chronicles.

II. Didactic Literature.

1. Allegories--"The Romance of the Rose".

2. Satires.

3. Homilies, etc.