Semester 1 Final Flashcards
Who had The Ecclesiastical History translated?
Alfred the Great
What were some works contained in The Ecclesiastical History of the English People?
Conversion of Edwin
Story of Caedmon
What style was the Ecclesiastical History of the English People written in?
A narrative style
What time period spanned 450-1100?
Anglo-Saxon Period
What was Beowulf?
An anonymously written epic
What type of people lived in the Anglo-Saxon period?
Seafaring, warring people
Who was Wyrd?
The goddess of fate
What is syncretism?
Blending of religious ideas
Name Middle English ballads.
Sir Patrick Spens, The Twa Corbies, The Wife of Usher’s Well, Robin Hood and the Widow’s Three Sons, Get Up and Bar the Door
What did The Venerable Bede write?
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
What is another name for John Wycliffe?
Morning Star of the Reformation
What did John Wycliffe write?
For the Order of the Priesthood
What did Geoffrey Chaucer write?
The Canterbury Tales
Nun’s Priests Tale
Chaunticleer
What literary technique did The Canterbury Tales use?
Microcosm - “small world”
What did Thomas Mallory write?
Morte D’Arthur
