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J. R. R. Tolkien was attracted to medieval literature, especially poetry, and made use of it in his writings both in his poetry, which contained numerous pastiches of medieval verse, and in his Middle-earth writings where he embodied a wide range of medieval concepts.

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  • J. R. R. Tolkien was attracted to medieval literature, especially poetry, and made use of it in his writings both in his poetry, which contained numerous pastiches of medieval verse, and in his Middle-earth writings where he embodied a wide range of medieval concepts. Tolkien's prose adopts medieval ideas for much of its structure and content. The Lord of the Rings is interlaced in medieval style. The Silmarillion has a medieval cosmology. The Lord of the Rings makes use of many borrowings from Beowulf, especially in the culture of the Riders of Rohan, as well as medieval weapons and armour, heraldry, languages including Old English and Old Norse, and magic. (en)
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  • We `heard of the `horns in the `hills `ringing, the `swords `shining in the `South-`kingdom. `Steeds went `striding to the `Stoning`land as `wind in the `morning. `War was `kindled. There `Théoden `fell, `Thengling `mighty, to his `golden `halls and `green `pastures in the `Northern `fields `never `returning, `high lord of the `host. — from "The Mounds of Mundburg" (en)
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  • The Riders of Rohan lament for Théoden (en)
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  • J. R. R. Tolkien was attracted to medieval literature, especially poetry, and made use of it in his writings both in his poetry, which contained numerous pastiches of medieval verse, and in his Middle-earth writings where he embodied a wide range of medieval concepts. (en)
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  • Tolkien and the medieval (en)
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