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| Shiloh | Mar 8 2010, 01:20 PM Post #1 |
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The dates of the Middle Ages/Medieval period are widely contested. For the sake of this discussion, I'm going with the dates put forth in the Norton Anthology of English Literature: to 1485. This time period covers both the Anglo-Saxon period and the Middle English period. Important Dates 43-c.420: Roman occupation of Britain 450: Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain begins 1066: Norman invasion of Britain - language of law and nobility became French 1095-1221: Crusades c.1200: literature appears in Middle English 1337-1453: Hundred Years' War 1348: first wave of Bubonic plague strikes 1362: English replaced French in English courts 1455-1485: Wars of the Roses 1476: Caxton sets up first printing press in England 1485: Tudor dynasty begins Major Works/Authors (* indicates works/authors on the long list) Beowulf* (c.1000) Geoffrey of Monmouth Marie de France* Layamon (c.1200) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight* (c.1375-1400) Pearl poet Dante Alighieri Chaucer* Langland York Play of the Crucifixion (c. 1425) Margery Kempe Second Shepherd's Play* (c.1450-75) Sir Thomas Malory Everyman* (c.1510) Trends Anglo-Saxon oral poetry -conflicts between religion and heroic code Anglo-Norman borrowing of Celtic legends/tales Middle English alliterative revival (north/northwest dialects) |
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