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Middle English period

Middle English period. 1066-1500AD. Present day England from 1066 (the Norman Invasion) until 1500 (Renaissance) . Where and When it took Place.

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Middle English period

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  1. Middle English period 1066-1500AD

  2. Present day England from 1066 (the Norman Invasion) until 1500 (Renaissance) Where and When it took Place

  3. Religious Texts - Orrmulum(a collection of homilies on the Gospels) - homiletic, didactic, and directed toward ordinary people rather than polite society. • Arthurian Literature (introduction of the myth – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) - popularized ideas of adventure and heroism - Romance • Courtly Love – elaborate manners and rituals – heroic code (chivalry) What exemplifies the literary period?

  4. ubisunt - remarks on the inevitability—and sadness—of change, loss, and death • cursor mundi - harps on the vanity of human grandeur. • Fabliau - short funny, often bawdy tale in verse (poem) that deals realistically and satirically with middle-class or lower-class characters. Often against marriage and against members of the clergy. Continued Style

  5. Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales • Dante’s Inferno • Arthurian Literature Who are important figures/what are important works

  6. The Crusades • Kings became the heads of centralized nation states, reducing crime and violence. • Scholasticismemphasized joining faith to reason, and by the founding of universities. • The Black Death • Church schism • Peasant Revolts Historical and social environment

  7. From Canterbury Tales Poetry selection

  8. From Sir Gawain Prose selection

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