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[[File:This_Is_The_Fourteenth_Century.jpg|link=Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|frame|''This'' is the Fourteenth Century?]]
Era of the crusades, [[Robin Hood]], and fat, lecherous (but good hearted) friars. Also home to [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]], [[Squishy Wizard|wizards]], [[Knight in Shining Armor|knights in shining armour]], [[Everything's Better
If the story does not take place in some unspecified kingdom, the setting is likely to be a [[You Fail History Forever|mythologized]] [[Useful Notes/Britain|Britain]] or [[Useful Notes/France|France]], though [[Useful Notes/Israel|Jerusalem]], which had pretty much been ignored since [[Biblical Times]] will now also be used as the stage for all sorts of flashy battles involving cutlass-wielding [[Arabian Nights Days|Turks]] and ruggedly handsome [[The Knights Templar|Knights Templar]].
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* [[The Dung Ages]]
* [[Ermine Cape Effect]]
* [[Everything's Better
** Except a lot of small kingdoms have been eaten up since then and a number of states have changed from kingdoms to republics, so there were a lot more reigning princesses. There may be girls today who, if you assumed the continuance of feudal law, would in fact qualify as princesses, but who work as waitresses and don't know they are titular princesses.
* [[Feudal Overlord]]
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]: Except for (ugh!) [[Medieval Morons|Ye Peasants]] and one or two of the more self-denying Churchmen. Look for puffy, slashed sleeves and trunk-hose among the men, though these were really [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] fashions.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Even when they happen to be [[Robin Hood (Disney film)|talking lions]].
* [[Horny Vikings]]
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]
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** It also should be noted that it took several centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire for the general population to accept that the Empire was really gone. This applies to both the eastern and western empires.
* [[Ye Goode Olde Days]]
* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: Though actually rarer than one might expect in most serious modern works, 'tis more common in older ones. ([[Ivanhoe
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=== Works set in this time period include: ===
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Army of Darkness]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[The Court Jester]]'' (Stated to be in the reign of [[You Fail History Forever|King Roderick I.]] of England.)
* ''[[Dragonheart]]''
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* Michel Pagel ''Le roi d'août'' (''The King of August''), a novelized version of the life of Philip II Augustus with fantastical elements (dryads especially). Quite historically accurate (except for the obvious Fantasy).
* ''[[Wolf Breed]]'' takes place during this time period and deals with [[The Teutonic Knights]]' conquest of Prussia...[[Our Werewolves Are Different|and werewolves.]]
* ''[[Catherine, Called Birdy]]'' and ''The Midwife's Apprentice'', both by Karen Cushman.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The first ''[[
* ''[[Covington Cross|Beverly Hills 902 A.D.]]''
* Most TV and movie adaptations of [[King Arthur]], despite the "correct" setting being immediately post-Roman Britain. This is because the earliest written versions of the legend were written in the Middle Ages and given a [[Anachronism Stew|"contemporary" makeover]].
* ''[[
* Most TV and movie incarnations of ''[[Robin Hood]]''.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Disney|Disney's]] [[Gummi Bears|Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]''
* Disney's ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'': "After all, this ''is'' the fourteenth century."
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