Biography

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Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages (AD 400 to 1450 saw a decline in awareness of classical culture. During this time, the only repositories of knowledge and records of early history was the Roman Catholic Church. Hermits, monks and priests used this historic period to write the first modern biographies. Their subjects were usually restricted to church fathers, martyrs, popes and saints. Their works were meant to be inspirational to people, vehicles for conversion to Christianity. See hagiography.

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Middle Ages - 400 - 1450 - Roman Catholic Church - Hermit - Monk - Priest - Church father - Martyr - Popes - Saint - Conversion - Christianity - Hagiography

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By the late Middle Ages, biographies became less church-oriented as biographies of kings, knights and tyrants began to appear. The most famous of these such biographies was Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. The book was an account of the life of the fabled King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. After Malory's work, the Renaissance period conceived biographies of lesser people of society like artists and poets.

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King - Knight - Tyrant - Le Morte d'Arthur - Sir Thomas Malory - King Arthur - Knights of the Round Table - Renaissance - Artist - Poet

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