Literature week6

Question 1

The ‘Dark’ and ‘Middle Ages’ (of which ‘medieval’ is simply the Latinate form), were terms applied by writers in the seventeenth century to describe

Answer 1

the period between classical and Renaissance learning

Question 2

According to Oxford English Dictionary, the period of Middle English is

Answer 2

1150-1500.

Question 3

blank the earliest form of the English language recorded

Answer 3

Old english

Question 4

When Germanic invaders settled in England,

Answer 4

Old English replaced Roman Britain languages

Question 5

In his (blank), Bede adds detail to the story of the first Germanic tribes, under the leadership of Hengest and Horsa, who were invited as mercenaries by King Vortigern, a Briton, to fight Picts in the north and Scots in Ireland

Answer 5

Ecclesiastical History of the English People

Question 5

The allies soon turned invaders, and what is remarkable about their coming is the

Answer 5

completeness of their linguistic takeover.