section_path: Medieval period 1100–1500
section_name: Medieval period 1100–1500
paragraph_text: Medieval period 1100–1500
  
  The European developments of the novel did not occur until after the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1439, and the rise of the publishing industry over a century later. Long European works continued to be in poetry in the 16th century. The modern European novel is often said to have begun with Don Quixote in 1605. Another important early novel was the French pastoral novel L'Astrée by Honore d'Urfe, published in 1610.