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OK i know it takes place in what appears to be Europe and what appears to be the middle ages but my question is what period of the middle ages, and what modern country would they be in?

my guess is around 1200 ad as there is still heathens/pagans suggesting they haven't been pillaged or destroyed by the christian crusaders. and i also believe it takes place somewhere central possibly medieval Germany.

for some reason yoitsu makes me think of Scandinavia.

what are your thoughts?

Europe is pretty obvious. Country wise I would say its harder to tell, You can scratch out the United Kingdom for one. since they don't cross the ocean, and you need some places that were heavily controlled by the church. So Mainland europe is for certain.

Seemed too vague to be anywhere specific I'd say, most likely just a fantasy setting based on generic European medieval times. I'm getting a slight Eastern Europe vibe from it though.
As for the age, I'd be guessing something synonymous to middle 14th to late 15th century.

I've only read one of the novels, but I just imagined a vague medieval European setting rather than anything thing worldly. :)

interesting responses. the names of the towns make me think of Germany, Poland, or Denmark. possibly it is all 3.

Europe, late Middle Age or Renaissance for sure.
The large number of independent states and climate suggests the Holy Roman Empire
With a lot of narrative freedom, of course

i agree, that was my belief as well.

I agree with killercode. Late Medievals or early Renaissance, probably in the South of Holy Roman Empire or Northern Italy. The names of towns are mostly German but the architecture and the way the people dress looks more Italian.

The biggest problem is with the Paganism. In this era last pagan nations lived in the Eastern an Northern Europe. But "Spice and Wolf" is a work of fiction. They needed paganism and developed trading so they mixed it. With a very good effect

P.S. I'm wathing the first season. When I finish the second one I will say more or change my opinion

I agree that mainland Europe is most likely due to the place names but United Kingdom can't be certainly ruled out as there was a heavier church presence in the United Kingdom than mainland europe. However I think the time period is definitely late medieval as the renaissance had a huge focus on art and there is very little art in spice and wolf.

i swear i saw german writting on a letter in the show. i could be wrong but it looked like meine spelled that way.

Season one, episode 7, right at the start: Ein Bericht über Chlöe (A report on Chloe), which made me chuckle when I saw it.

yes right there. i guess it takes place in a setting based off of medieval germany.

Also when they capture horo in episode 4 they send a letter with german writings on the envelope. My opinion is end of the 14th century.

The German writings and names of the towns could be brought from the history, as Germany was trying to catolize the whole Europe and it had little influence in shaping the other countries' cultures. Actually, I think that it's impossible to specize where SaW's action is taking place, as this world is a mix of cultures from western and middle-western Europe. I haven't seen the second season though, so it's only my speculation for now.