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Medieval era (when)
600 to 1100 AD
Who came to britain in the 5th century
Angles, saxons and jutes (germanic tribes)
Who ruled britian pre-medieval era?
Romans
What was old english a mix of?
Brittonic, latin and germanic influences
Old english AKA
Anglo-saxon AKA
Old english poems are usually
Long narrative epics ab warriors
Christianization lead to
Introduction of writing, christian themes in literature, educated monk population
Monastries and literature
They played a key role in the preservation of once oral tales, but changed pagan stories to reflect christian themes
Aldhelm lifespan
640-709
Bede lifespan
673-735
Cædmon who
First english poet; biblical catchphrases
Aldhelm who
Known for writings in english and latin
Bede who
Authored the “'Ecclesiastical History of the English People”
Dream of the rood
Earliest christian poems; merges germanic heroic code and christian themes
Dream of the rood when
701 AD
Beowulf length
3000 lines long
Who is beowulf?
Warrior turned king who battled three monsters
Beowulf themes
Combines paganism and Christianity; heroism, fate, good vs evil
Beowolf is the
First english epic
When anglo-saxon was spoken
500-1100 AD they spoke
Which emotion is more prevalent and better written in old english works
Saddness
Anglo saxon chronicles WHAT
early history of the country
What is a lyric
Poem meant to be sung
Features of old english verse
Alliterative verse, kenning, heroism, lords hall
Kenning
Two words used to express one eg earth-gallery to mean castle
King alfred lifetime
849-899
King alfred importance
Promoted english as a written language
Middle english WHEN
1100 - 1500 AD
geofrey chaucer title
father of english poetry
Cantebury tales length
17000 lines
ex of a middle ages female character
Wife of bath
still in use
the alterative verse in the middle ages
middle ages main theme
religious
miracle plays
dramatised events from the bible
miracle plays where
usually performed at churches
morality plays
did not have people but virtues
best known morality play
the everyman
the interlude
short comic plays
best known interlude play
the four Ps
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