/lit/ - Literature

That's it /lit/, I'm doing a medieval chart, I'm tired of waiting for any of you lazy pieces of shit to do it.
I will spend the whole summer doing extensive reading on medieval literature so it will be ready at the end of august at most.
This is the way I plan on dividing it, I will put at least one book example for each category, which will have from 3 to 8 picks (maybe more), the rest I will either choose myself or get it from your recs:

Introduction and general reading:
The Autum of the Middle Ages by Huizinga
The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature
The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer

Contemporary books on medieval philosophy:
The King's Two Bodies by Kantorowicz
The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy by Gilson
Copleston's History of Philosophy Volumes 2 and 3
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosphy

Medieval philosophy (I would prefer it to be more entry level stuff, so no obscure scholastic theology):
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
The Guide for the Perplexed by Maimonides
Summa Theologica and Summa contra Gentiles by Aquinas
Ars Magna Generalis by Llull
The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al Ghazal.
The Incoherence of the Incoherence by Averroes
Summa Logicae by William of Ockham

Poetry and epics:
Beowulf
Le Roman de la Rose
El Cantar del Mío Cid
Chanson de Roland
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta by Petrarch
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Grains of Gold: An Anthology of Occitan Literature
Masnavi/The Essential Rumi
Yvain, The Knight of the Lion and Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart by Chretien de Troyes
Orlando Furioso by Ariosto
Orlando Innamorato by Bolardo

Chivalric romances:
Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Mallory
Amadis de Gaula
Tirant lo Blanch
Parzival by von Eschenbach

Great travels:
The Travels of Marco Polo
The Travels of Ibn Battuta
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
The Voyage of Saint Brendan: Journey to the Promised Land
The Itinerary of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela

The one topic I would like to discuss is if I should add Islamic philosophy and literature like Maimonides, Averroes and Rumi or just do a Chrisitan/European list. Medieval Islamic poetry and philosophy could be their own category too.
Give me your best picks and a brief explanation on why they should be on the chart so we can discuss them.

>>18003775
Don't be fooled OP, there is only one thing worth living for and that is Truth. When you are in your deathbed only this will bring you peace of mind, it's not your loving wife, not your children and grandchildren, not your weatlh. The only thing that will bring you solace and fullfilment is even a tiny glimpse of the eternal, unchanging Truth.
Once you attain such a state you will understand the purpose of everything and why life is worth living, until you start your journey there you will remain confused and alone.
Read philosophy and theology, meditate, pray, stay in contact with nature and reflect until it all makes sense.

>>17974390
This is an excerpt of a 19th century novel by Huysmans, not something I would call 'literal propaganda'.
We have left behind an era of marvel, beauty, reverence and mysteries, and we don't even know it.
We are lead to belive that it was a time of obscurantism, suffering and domination, but when we start to do close readings of both modern and medieval sources we can realise how much we have lost and how little we have achieved.
Take the Medieval pill anon, we still have some things that we need to save.