History Main / MedievalEuropeanFantasy

* Creator/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.

* ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade'', which tries to keep as close to a realistic medieval setting as is physically possible, has this trope as its entire point.

* Fiona Patton's ''TalesOfTheBranionRealm'' are set in a FantasyCounterpartCulture version of Britain, with many [[IstanbulNotConstantinople unusual names]].

* from Music/GloryHammer: Their first album, "Tales from The Kingdom of Fife" is set in Medieval Fantasy Scotland. It starts with an evil sorcerer and an army of undead unicorns laying waste to Dundee and rides the tropes from there. This is because it is an AffectionateParody of PowerMetal HeavyMithril bands.

* While ''{{Rifts}}'' is set in the future, the England {{Sourcebook}} has heavy overtones of this, right down to huge heaping handfuls of ArthurianLegend. Justified in that the setting is a FantasyKitchenSink with more than enough AnachronismStew, DaysOfFuturePast, and SchizoTech to go around.

* ''Literature/TheHobbit'' and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' [[TropeCodifier popularized the setting]] in modern times, [[UnbuiltTrope though it bears less of a resemblance to High Medieval Europe than many of its successors]].

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* from Music/Gloryhammer: Their first album, "Tales from The Kingdom of Fife" is set in Medieval Fantasy Scotland. It starts with an evil sorcerer and an army of undead unicorns laying waste to Dundee and rides the tropes from there. This is because it is an AffectionateParody of PowerMetal HeavyMithril bands.

->''"The Witcher takes place in the same time-locked period of medieval England that all fantasy seems to take place in as inevitably as the'' fucking tides..."
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]]''', ''The Escapist Magazine''

* ''RuneSoldierLouie'' (set in the ''Record of Lodoss War'' universe)

-->-- '''[[WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]], ''The Escapist Magazine''

* The default tilesets in the RPGMaker are designed for making [=RPGs=] in this setting, although RPG Maker VX supplied an alternative tileset catering to games set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture.

* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'', and the books it's based on.

** The first expansion pack Mask of the Betrayer for NeverwinterNights2 (and part of the 2nd) is not however, creative lead George Ziets explains. [[http://www.irontowerstudio.com/forum/index.php?topic=467.0 "As soon as I see elves, dwarves, and orcs, I can pretty well guess how they relate to one another, and what the world is going to be like? and I’m usually right (The Witcher notwithstanding). Once my curiosity has faded, so has my interest in the book, movie, or game."]]

* Played with in ''VideoGame/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.

* ''[[http://dungeondamage.comicgenesis.com/ Dungeon Damage]]'' {{justifie|dTrope}}s this by setting the story... in Medieval Europe. Or rather, an AlternateHistory where [[FunctionalMagic magic works]] and several [[FiveRaces D&D races]] and [[OurMonstersAreDifferent monsters]] exist: the Fall of Rome, the spread of Christianity, the Crusades all happened, but with [[OurElvesAreBetter Elves]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarves]] and [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]] and [[AWizardDidIt Wizards]], neatly explaining the differences from real history. With a good deal of [[ShownTheirWork Shown Work]] about RealLife history, technology and mythology to boot.

* The setting of ''PlanesOfEldlor'' is largely based on medieval Europe.
* As is the setting of ''WayfarersMoon''.
* ''{{Exiern}}'', kings, princesses, and northern barbarians... The fashions too are generic European fantasy ([[FanService mostly]]).

* ''RuneSoldierLouie'' (set in the ''RecordOfLodossWar'' universe)

* ''TheSlayers''

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

* ''TristiaOfTheDeepBlueSea''

* ''BakuretsuHunters'' (aka ''Sorcerer Hunters'')
* ''{{Bastard}}''

* ''{{Claymore}}''

* ''ScrappedPrincess''
* ''SpiceAndWolf''

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* ''VisionOfEscaflowne''

* ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima''

* ''TheWitcher'', and the books it's based on.
* ''{{Majesty}}'', though it's an affectionate parody and set out to be a ClicheStorm.
* ''The Sword Coast'' from the ''ForgottenRealms'' campaign setting. Unfortunately, most videogames set in the Forgotten Realms take place in the Sword Coast.

* ''{{Sonic and the Black Knight}}'' - Justified in this case, since it's based around the Arthurian myths.
* ''GuildWars'' nails this trope in all other aspects but subverts it when it comes to geography: The tutorial level of Prophecies (pre searing) looks like the game would be something like this, with medieval castles, green GhibliHills and otherwise European geography. Then the Charr summon their EarthShatteringKaboom. Ascalon ends up as a broken wasteland and every other locations tries to avoid this trope. The rest of Tyria is (in order) DeathMountain, a BeachEpisode, JungleJapes, ShiftingSandLand, SlippySlideyIceWorld and LethalLavaLand / {{Mordor}}. The continent Cantha in contrast is the FarEast while Elona has heavy African and Middle East influences.