Middle English Flashcards
It is influence in many aspects of its vocabulary by a new French speaking ruling class.
Middle English.
Is an English by a clergy that wrote mainly in Latin.
Middle english
So middle English is commonly subdivided into Two what are those
Early middle English And later middle English.
The beginning of the transition from old English to middle English was wenn the conqueror duke of normandy and later william. The 1st of England.Invaded the Island of britain from His home base in northern France.
Norman conquest.
So they had completely abandoned their old norse language and wholeheartedly adopted French to that extent. That not a single norse word survive a normandy.
Normans
It is a rural dialect of French with considerable germanic influences.
Normally french
This became the language of the kings and nobility of England for more than 300 years.
The norman French or the anglo French.
This is a mixture of all English and anglo norman.
Middle english
A method of organising society.
Feudalism.
What are the 3 estates of feudalism.
Clergymen, noblemen and peasant class
It is described the social hierarchy believed to be created by god.
Great Chain of being.
This attempted to establish order in the universe by picturing each creation as a link in Achain beginning with god at the top. Followed by the various orders of angels down to the classes of the people than animals and even eliminate parts of nature.
The great chain of being ( Scala Nature )
These are who tended to the spiritual realm And spiritual needs.
The Clergy
Those who ruled, protected and provided civil order.
The Noble
Those who physically labour to produce the necessities of life for all 3 estates.
The commoners/peasant
So this is a biblical tax written by a monk called Orm It is an important resource in this regard it is concerned at the way people were starting to miss pronounce English. So he spoke his words exactly as they were pronounced.
ORMULUM
So this is the most important philosophical influence of the middle ages, Which dominated life and literature
the Church
So there is this plaque,Also known as black death Affected both the everyday lives in philosophy of middle ages.
Outbreaks of plague.
These were dominant factors in the philosophy of middle ages And 2 ideas also figure prominently in medieval literature.
The church in the concept of chivalry.
So he basically RevolutionisedThe history of literature in the English language when he set up the 1st printing press in England.
William Caxton
So he is the Unidentified pearl poet one of his major works is
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A major factor separating middle English from modern English.
The great Vowel Shift
Around this time a whole category of words and things based suffix were also introduced
Modern English
So this is often referred to as the elizabethan era or the age of shakespeare.
English Renaissance
