History Main / MedievalEuropeanFantasy

* ''AuraBattlerDunbine''

* ''HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' has the Haven faction, which is your typical European castle with knights, archers, monks, etc. Until ''[=HoMM V=]'', the Tower faction used to be a typical "ivory tower" city full of magical libraries and wizards. It has since been replaced with a more Middle Eastern-themed floating desert city and renamed Academy.

* ''Manga/NanatsuNoTaizai''

* TheFirstLaw trilogy is mostly this setting, though it would definitely be ''late'' medieval or even early Renaissance. Or at least the corruption and backstabbing politics of the Renaissance. As the timeline progresses, the series apears to settle in Early-Modern European Fantasy.

* ''LordOfLordsRyuKnight''

* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''

** It's actually possible that Nodwick actually is set in medieval Europe, as a time-travel story from the author's other series, ''PS238'', had the characters from that comic encountering Nodwick and party when they went back in time. HilarityEnsues.

* ''RecordOfLodossWar'' (Based directly on the creator's TabletopGames campaign. They started out playing ''DungeonsAndDragons'' but later switched to the Japanese system ''Sword World RPG'' and, after that, a game system of their own invention.)

* The Kingdom of the Isles from ''TheRiftwarCycle'', although it's implied this may be because its people are [[TransplantedHumans directly descended from European refugees fleeing the Enemy]], in the same way that Kesh is of Asian stock.
* Being based on the setting that gave birth to {{RPG}}s, more or less any book universe based off of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. Especially ''{{Dragonlance}}''.
* ''RangersApprentice'' is a young adult/children's series with this setting. Occasionally the stories move beyond "Europe", however.
* GeorgeRRMartin's ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is set primarily on the fictional continent of Westeros, based on medieval European culture; its geography and history are also loosely based on England/Great Britain (the North is [[FantasyCounterpartCulture analogous to a blend of]] [[OopNorth Northern England]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} the Scottish Lowlands]], while the Westerlands with their mineral wealth correspond to Wales and Cornwall). Dorne in the south has Spanish flavor, setting it apart from the rest of the continent. Locations in Essos have a variety of influences; for instance, the Free Cities bring to mind the Mediterranean city-states of Italy, Greece, and Phoenicia.

* {{Justified|Trope}} in ''{{GURPS}} Fantasy'' with the world of Yrth, where a massive magical backfire several centuries before the current date transported in large numbers of humans from medieval Europe, who then did their best to build themselves a new home that looked and worked more or less like what they came from. Simultaneously ''double'' subverted by the nation of Sahud -- first, it was populated with medieval ''Asians'', and second, they were mostly peasants from four or five different cultures, who tried to do the same as the Europeans but ended up with a society that looked less like any actual Asian nation of the period and more like ''The Mikado'' on acid, as written by Creator/MontyPython.

** ''Main/InTheNameOfTheKing''

* GeorgeRRMartin's ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' is set primarily on the fictional continent of Westeros, based on medieval European culture; its geography and history are also loosely based on England/Great Britain (the North is [[FantasyCounterpartCulture analogous to a blend of]] [[OopNorth Northern England]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} the Scottish Lowlands]], while the Westerlands with their mineral wealth correspond to Wales and Cornwall), so one might weakly justify the use of the trope as a retelling of the UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses. In fairness to Martin, other locations have a variety of other influences; for instance, the Free Cities bring to mind the Mediterranean city-states of Italy, Greece, and Phoenicia.

* The most famous gaming examples are, [[UrExample of course]], the majority of settings for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
** D&D actually subverts this trope big time. Only Greyhawk and northwestern Faerûn truly qualify. Maztica is {{Mayincatec}}, Kara-Tur is FarEast, Chult is DarkestAfrica, Zakhara is {{Qurac}} of Arabian Nights variety, [[DarkSun Athas]] is based on Ancient Mesopotamia/Egypt, {{Ravenloft}} is AnachronismStew with strong hints of 19th century, {{Dragonlance}}, despite its chivalric orders is vaguely pre-medieval, and the there is the {{Planescape}} multiverse...

* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' takes place in Medieval France and features the magical element of a BalefulTransformation curse.

* ''KyouKaraMaou''

* Played with in ''ValkyriaChronicles'', which ''used to be'' one of these settings, complete with magic crystals and people born with mystical abilities, but has since progressed into an analogue of [[WorldWarII a different bloody and war-torn period of European history]]. Even so it still has many stylistic nods to the genre, with TheEmpire's soldiers wearing combat armor designed to look like DieselPunk knights, wielding anti-tank rocket launchers shaped like jousting lances and their heavier tanks even looking like mobile castles.

* TheFirstLaw trilogy is mostly this setting, though it would definitely be ''late'' medieval or even early Renaissance. Or at least the corruption and backstabbing politics of the Renaissance.
** As the timeline progresses, the series apears to settle in Early-Modern European Fantasy.

* The ''BreathOfFire'' series. Subverted in ''Breath of Fire III'' (to some extent) and especially in ''Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter'', which, while not necessarily in the same "Canon" as the others, is set inside an underground sci-fi world made to escape the pollution on the surface. It's assumed by fans to take place long after ''Breath of Fire III''.

* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'': Idris positively screams this, and thus ''City of Glass'' could be seen as fitting this genre, whereas the rest of the setting is UrbanFantasy, especially being focused mostly on [[BigApplesauce New York City]].

* ''Literature/AWizardInRhyme'' takes place primarily in a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Fantasy Counterpart France]].

* ''MagicKnightRayearth'' has an interesting subversion. Cephiro itself is certainly Medieval European Fantasy. But the three Magic Knights are summoned from Japan. And Autozam represents the United States of America, Chizeta represents India/Arabia, and Fahren represents China.

No matter where a fantasy story may be written, whatever rich history the author's homeland might have, most fantasy stories take place in [[HighMiddleAges Medieval Europe]] (or a [[FantasyCounterpartCulture facsimile thereof, possibly reasonable]]). People will fight with swords and shields, and the government is usually vaguely feudal: it may not map well to any real-world political system, but it usually has [[RoyalBlood hereditary monarchs]] and [[BlueBlood nobles]] (which many other cultures also have, but if European titles are used, you're in a Medieval European Fantasy). MedievalEuropeanFantasy settings are sometimes littered with SchizoTech, although there may well be FantasyGunControl.

->''"Fantasy, for us, is a {{knight|InShiningArmor}} on horseback [[FetchQuest running around]] and [[LevelGrinding killing things]]."''

* The {{Deryni}} works of KatherineKurtz feature feudal governance and a Christian Church to rival the secular government.

->''"Fantasy, for us, is a {{knight|InShiningArmor}} on horseback running around and killing things."''