Medieval literature brings together all the written artistic productions of Europe dating from

the thousand years of the Middle Ages, the historical period between the fall of the Roman
Empire in the 5th century and the discovery of America in the 15th century, and
characterized by the rise of an agrarian feudal society.

The Middle Ages was a long and complex period, traditionally called obscurantism, given
that the margins of literacy and the distribution of literate culture in Europe fell dramatically in
comparison with Antiquity and especially with the later Renaissance. The spirit of the time
was religious, and Christianity prevailed in European culture, imposing faith and dogmatic
values ​above any other point of view.

Source: https://concepto.de/literatura-medieval/#ixzz7cKF6EUuZ

The difference between them is that the story is all the letters and writing, the them is the
gender of the story, is what is going to be about and the plot is what is the travel of the
characters against the villian