The Anglo Saxons
Where the biggest Anglo Saxon hoard found in Britain (discovered by the metal detectorist)
What is The Staffordshire Hoard
A language made up of _______ dialects.
Germanic
Middle English is typically between these dates.
What is 1150-1500?
The Century in which Chaucer was born.
What is the 14th century?
Where the Anglo Saxons liked to hang out - their "village"
What is the mead hall?
The most commonly used words in the English language AND name one.
What is most commonly used and man, wife, work house, Friday, to , for, but.
The Feudal system and the evolution of the English language.
Battle of Hastings in 1066
Chaucer's resume would include all of the following except: page to royal household, errand boy, shoe shiner, soldier, public service worker.
What is a shoe shiner?
What a person called who sings the epic poems in AG times.
What is a scope?
Grendel gongan means
What is Grendel walked
The language that Britain's new aristocracy spoke
What is French?
The type of English in which Chaucer wrote (other than Middle English)
What is the vernacular?
What is being an exile and being a coward.
When Old English was spoken. (What do we call the period in time / era)
What is the Medieval era / Dark Ages?
The highly decorated page is called ________________ (often designed by monks/scribes)
What is illuminated?
The collective name given to the people in Chaucer's tales AND where were these people going?
What are pilgrims and to the city of Canterbury (specifically Canterbury Cathedral)