This blog first appeared as a guest blog on Novels Alive: https://novelsalive.com/2021/06/10/guest-blog-the-relatively-unexplored-relevance-of-medieval-tales-by-marj-charlier-plus-giveaway/ There was a long period of time, perhaps comprising most of the 1950s, when medieval fiction seemed so irrelevant that it fell out of favor. Maybe for many avid book readers, post-war life was such a relief and the future so bright that there was no need for historical precedents that woul