Editing Horror fiction (section)

===After 1000===

The [[Witch of Berkeley]] by [[William of Malmesbury]] has been viewed as an early horror story.<ref name="Livermore 2021 p. 43">{{cite book | last=Livermore | first=C. | title=When the Dead Rise: Narratives of the Revenant, from the Middle Ages to the Present Day | publisher=D.S. Brewer | year=2021 | isbn=978-1-84384-576-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikI3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 | access-date=2023-06-01 | page=43 | archive-date=1 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601232902/https://books.google.com/books?id=ikI3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Werewolf]] stories were popular in medieval [[French literature]]. One of [[Marie de France]]'s twelve [[Lai (poetic form)|lai]]s is a werewolf story titled "[[Bisclavret]]".
[[File:Vlad Tepes coloured drawing.png|thumb|left|upright|alt=A Print of Vlad III|[[Vlad the Impaler]], the inspiration for [[Count Dracula]].]]
The Countess Yolande commissioned a werewolf story titled "[[Guillaume de Palerme]]". Anonymous writers penned two werewolf stories, "Biclarel" and "[[Melion]]".

Much horror fiction derives from the cruellest personages of the 15th century. [[Dracula]] can be traced to the Prince of [[Wallachia]] [[Vlad III]], whose alleged [[war crimes]] were published in [[German language|German]] pamphlets. A 1499 pamphlet was published by Markus Ayrer, which is most notable for its [[woodcut]] imagery.<ref>Raymond T. McNally and Radu R. Florescu (1972). "In Search of Dracula." Houghton Milton. Pages 8–9.</ref>  The alleged serial-killer sprees of [[Gilles de Rais]] have been seen as the inspiration for "[[Bluebeard]]".<ref>Kiernan, Dr. Jas. G. "Sexual Perversion, and the Whitechapel Murders." The Medical Standard: IV.5. G. P. Engelhard and Company: Chicago.</ref> The motif of the vampiress is most notably derived from the real-life noblewoman and murderer, [[Elizabeth Bathory]], and helped usher in the emergence of horror fiction in the 18th century, such as through László Turóczi's 1729 book ''Tragica Historia''.<ref>in Ungaria suis cum regibus compendia data, Typis Academicis Soc. Jesu per Fridericum Gall. Anno MCCCXXIX. Mense Sepembri Die 8. p 188-193, quoted by Farin</ref>