Old English
A type of metaphorical language
What is a kenning?
These are the three distinct estates of the feudal system
What are the nobility, clergy, and peasantry?
Shakespeare had the following influence on the English
A term to describe the expansion of the British Empire
What is imperialism?
The different groups that migrated to England
Who are the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians?
Chaucer used this pattern in the Canterbury Tales
What is iambic pentameter?
The reason why Henry VIII wanted to break away from the Catholic Church
What is wanting to divorce and marry his mistress?
This genre became very popular during this period.
What is realism?
This language influenced English the most during the early Middle Ages.
What is Old Norse?
What is expressing critique of social classes?
The kind of words that were used during the Renaissance period
What are words related to science and medicine?
What is Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species?
The favorite hobbies of the Anglo-Saxons
What are fighting and praying?
This year and place mark the beginning of the Middle English period
What is the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
This is the correct order of the three most important influences on the English language
What is the printing press, Shakespeare, the King James Bible?
The kinds of books that were increasingly published.
What are dictionaries?
What are Kentish, Mercian, Northumbrian, and West Saxon?
Beside loans words, this is another important influence of Latin on English
What is the Roman alphabet?
A renewed interest of scholars during the Renaissance
What are Roman and Greek mythology, and the Bible?
The belief people held about lousy grammar.
What is vulgarity or low-born status?