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What dates are associated with middle English

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1066 through 1485

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What dates are associated with the Old English period

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450 A.D - 1066

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What dates are associated with modern English

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1485 and onward

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How long did the old English period Last

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Approximately 600 years

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How long did middle English last

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AProximately 400 years

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When were the middle ages

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476 to 1485

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How did writing sound before 1066

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German

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I did writing sound at 1066

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More French

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The Celts

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600 BC

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Julius Caesar attempts domination

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55 BC

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Roman occupation under Claudius

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43 A.D.

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Fall of Roman Empire

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Circa 476 A.D.

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Anglo-Saxon conquest

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450 AD

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Beowulf written down Germanic tribes

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Circa 725

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Viking era

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780s to 790s

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King Alfred the great

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871 to 899

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Norman conquest

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1066

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Chaucer begins Canterbury tales

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1386

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Henry the fifth begins tutdor dynasty

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1485

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Elizabethan era

England’s Golden age

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1558 to 1603

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The three Germanic tribes

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Angles
Saxons
Jutes

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Time period From the collapse of the Roman empire to the Renaissance

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Middle Ages

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Rebirth or revival of interest in Greek and Latin learning and literature

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Renaissance

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Spread from Italy in the 14th and 15th centuries to the rest of Europe

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Renaissance

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Protestant reform of Catholic church teachings
Reformation
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Spread from Germany in the early 16th century to the rest of Europe
Reformation
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When did the old English or Anglo-Saxon period Begin
450 A.D.
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The oldest known manuscript written in old English | English epic written in verse form
Beowulf
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How was literature in English performed
Orally or sung to the accompaniment of a harp
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When did English replace French as the official language of business in Parliament
Late 1300s
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The father of English poetry
Geoffrey Chaucer
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First to write stories in verse in English
Geoffrey Chaucer
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What did Caxton do
Introduced a printing press in England in 1476
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How were medieval books written before Caxton's invention
They were hand written mostly in monasteries
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What happened to the majority of medieval books
They were destroyed when Henry the seventh destroyed monasteries in the 1530s
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What was England once a province of
Roman empire
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What did England used to be called and what was the name of its inhabitants
Britannia | Named after the Britons
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When did the Britons become Christians in the fourth century
After the conversion of Emperor Constantine
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What was the impact of Christianity
Increased literacy
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Wrote a history of the English church in 731 A.D.
Bede
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United much of England and was an enthusiastic patron of literature
King Alfred
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What tradition did the Anglo-Saxon invaders bring
Tradition of oral poetry
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Who was literacy restricted to and why
Servants of the church | Old English literature dealt with religious subjects
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Popular and often described current events
Germanic heroic poetry
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The basis of the heroic code
Kinship
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Key aspect of heroic behavior
Royal generosity
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What were the two main aspects of the best Anglo-Saxon poetry
Heroic and Christian
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Who displaced the English ruling class making English more French or Anglo Norman
The Normans
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What was the battle called where the Normans took control of England and when
Battle of Hastings in 1066
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What were the languages spoken in England
English Latin French Celtic
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Who were the two innovators of the genre of romance
Marie De France | Chrétien de Troyes
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Breton lays
Marie de France
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Romances of chivalry
Chrétien de Troyes
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Principal narrative genre | many about court of King Arthur the center of chivalry
Romance
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Wrote The History of the Kings of Britain and the climax of the book was about the reign of King Arthur
Geoffrey of Monmouth
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Translated French romances into English
Layamon
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Religious prose now dealt with women Saints martyrs and instructions for living
Anglo Norman literature
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Spoken language of English was becoming more popular but nobility remained bilingual
Middle English literature
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1348 this swept Europe and killed one third of the population
Bubonic plague or Black death
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Rural uprising against impressive new taxes Church became target of great resentment because it was one of the biggest landowners
Middle English
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Author of the Divine comedy
Dante
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Author of a sonnet sequence who made sonnets a popular verse form
Francis Petrarch
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Who were England's kings who united the country and defeated the French and in what battle
Richard the second Henry the fourth Henry the fifth Battle of Agincourt
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What were England's civil wars known as and what did they follow
Wars of the roses Followed the death of Henry the fifth
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What did a white rose represents and what did a red rose represent
White rose represented the house of York Red rose represented the house of Lancaster
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Monk who was the most prolific poet from this time 15th-century
John Lydgate
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Religious reformist movement in 15th century
Lullardy
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Woman who was one of the most remarkable religious writers during the 15th century
Margery Kempe

A.P. English 12 (6 decks)

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