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Facts about Medieval Best Sellers
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Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy spread rapidly across medieval Europe in manuscript form, becoming one of the most copied vernacular literary works of the 14th century.
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Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend, a collection of saints' lives, was one of the most widely read and copied prose works in medieval Europe.
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Copies of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales circulated widely in manuscript form, making it one of medieval England's most reproduced vernacular works.
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Books of Hours, personalized prayer books for laypeople, became among the most produced secular manuscripts in late medieval Europe.
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The Bible was the most widely copied and distributed text in medieval Europe, forming the foundation of the era's bestseller tradition.