Centuries of Invasion
The Dark Ages is also called this
the Anglo-Saxon Period
Author of a latin "history" based on old Welsh legends
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Anglo-Saxon literature often focused on ________, but sometimes it addressed everyday concerns
great heroes
The most famous writer of medieval times, “the father of English literature,” was ___________, a poet who demonstrated the potential of English as a literary language.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrative songs telling the lives of common folks.
Ballads
The first person every to write about England may have been this Roman general
Julius Ceasar
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a record of English history, was initiated at his bidding
Alfred the Great
Epic poems from early Anglo-Saxon literature reflected the __________ at this time, which was often brutal.
Reality of life
Roman missionary who established a monastery in Canterbury in 597.
Augustine
Short poems where a single speaker express personal thoughts and feelings
Lyric poems
Anglo-Saxons settled the main part of Britain and took this new name
The Canterbury Tales where his best-known work, displaying his ability as a storyteller, his keen sense of humor, and his sharp eye for detail.
Chaucer
Professional poets during the Anglo-Saxon period who would bring epic poems to life
Scops
The villain of Robin Hood legends; forced to sign the Magna Carta by the English barons.
King John
a code of honor intended to govern knightly behavior.
chivalry
When these group of people invaded in the late eighth and ninth centuries, they plundered monasteries and threatened to obliterate all traces of cultural refinement.
Vikings
He Reformed the judicial system that would eventually be called Common Law.
Henry II
Residence of kings and nobles, Anglo-Saxons would gather on special occasions to celebrate in style.
Mead Halls
Legendary king of the Britons, on whom many medieval English legends are based.
King Arthur
Long narrative poem that traces the adventures of a hero whose actions consists of courageous deeds, which often represent the ideals and values of a nation or race.
Epic poems
This religion continued a as a dominant cultural force for more than a thousand years to come
Christianity
He introduced into England a political and economic system known as feudalism after the Norman Conquest.
William the Conqueror
Only a fraction of Anglo-Saxon poetry has survived, in manuscripts produced centuries after the poems were originally composed. The most famous survivor is the epic ___________ , about a legendary hero of the northern European past.
Beowulf
Medieval literature is best understood in the context of three powerful influences on medieval society:
feudalism, the church, and a code of conduct called chivalry.
Proper conduct of love affairs
Courtly Love