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British History Flashcards

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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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6
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How did writing sound before 1066

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German

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7
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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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13
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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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15
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King Alfred the great

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871 to 899

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16
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Norman conquest

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1066

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17
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Chaucer begins Canterbury tales

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1386

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18
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Henry the fifth begins tutdor dynasty

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1485

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19
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Elizabethan era

England’s Golden age

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1558 to 1603

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20
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The three Germanic tribes

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Angles
Saxons
Jutes

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21
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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

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Reformation

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Spread from Germany in the early 16th century to the rest of Europe

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Reformation

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When did the old English or Anglo-Saxon period Begin

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450 A.D.

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27
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The oldest known manuscript written in old English

English epic written in verse form

28
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How was literature in English performed

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Orally or sung to the accompaniment of a harp

29
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When did English replace French as the official language of business in Parliament

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Late 1300s

30
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The father of English poetry

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Geoffrey Chaucer

31
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First to write stories in verse in English

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Geoffrey Chaucer

32
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What did Caxton do

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Introduced a printing press in England in 1476

33
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How were medieval books written before Caxton’s invention

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They were hand written mostly in monasteries

34
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What happened to the majority of medieval books

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They were destroyed when Henry the seventh destroyed monasteries in the 1530s

35
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What was England once a province of

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Roman empire

36
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What did England used to be called and what was the name of its inhabitants

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Britannia

Named after the Britons

37
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When did the Britons become Christians in the fourth century

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After the conversion of Emperor Constantine

38
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What was the impact of Christianity

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Increased literacy

39
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Wrote a history of the English church in 731 A.D.

40
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United much of England and was an enthusiastic patron of literature

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King Alfred

41
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What tradition did the Anglo-Saxon invaders bring

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Tradition of oral poetry

42
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Who was literacy restricted to and why

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Servants of the church

Old English literature dealt with religious subjects

43
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Popular and often described current events

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Germanic heroic poetry

44
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The basis of the heroic code

45
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Key aspect of heroic behavior

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Royal generosity

46
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What were the two main aspects of the best Anglo-Saxon poetry

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Heroic and Christian

47
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Who displaced the English ruling class making English more French or Anglo Norman

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The Normans

48
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What was the battle called where the Normans took control of England and when

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Battle of Hastings in 1066

49
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What were the languages spoken in England

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English
Latin
French
Celtic

50
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Who were the two innovators of the genre of romance

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Marie De France

Chrétien de Troyes

51
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Breton lays

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Marie de France

52
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Romances of chivalry

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Chrétien de Troyes

53
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Principal narrative genre

many about court of King Arthur the center of chivalry

54
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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

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Geoffrey of Monmouth

55
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Translated French romances into English

56
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Religious prose now dealt with women Saints martyrs and instructions for living

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Anglo Norman literature

57
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Spoken language of English was becoming more popular but nobility remained bilingual

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Middle English literature

58
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1348 this swept Europe and killed one third of the population

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Bubonic plague or Black death

59
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Rural uprising against impressive new taxes

Church became target of great resentment because it was one of the biggest landowners

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Middle English

60
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Author of the Divine comedy

61
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Author of a sonnet sequence who made sonnets a popular verse form

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Francis Petrarch

62
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Who were England’s kings who united the country and defeated the French and in what battle

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Richard the second
Henry the fourth
Henry the fifth

Battle of Agincourt

63
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What were England’s civil wars known as and what did they follow

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Wars of the roses

Followed the death of Henry the fifth

64
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What did a white rose represents and what did a red rose represent

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White rose represented the house of York

Red rose represented the house of Lancaster

65
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Monk who was the most prolific poet from this time 15th-century

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John Lydgate

66
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Religious reformist movement in 15th century

67
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Woman who was one of the most remarkable religious writers during the 15th century

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Margery Kempe

A.P. English 12 (6 decks)

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