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Fifth Century
When did the Anglo-Saxons land in England? When was the first literature (poetry) recorded?
100
Heorot Mead Hall
Where did Grendel go in his anger of hearing the glee-man?
100
Barbara Allen
Who turned away a man because he insulted her in a bar?
100
A cherry tree
What bowed down to Mary?
100
Beowulf
What is the greatest epic poem ever written?
200
1066
When did the French invade Normandy
200
Tabard Inn
What is the name of the place the people who were on the missionary trip staying?
200
The husband in in Get up and Bar the Door
Who spoke first in the argument regarding who should bar the door?
200
King Edwin chose Christianity
What did King Edwin say when his advisers requested that he make Christianity the national religion?
200
Everyman
What story tells us that we should complete good deeds before death?
300
8th Century
When was the Ecclesiastical History of the English People written?
300
Camelot
Where were King Arthur and his men celebrating when the green knight came along?
300
Good Deeds
Who accompanies Everyman to death?
300
loneliness, loss of the comforts of life, ice and strong waves
What did the seafarer experience during his journeys?
300
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
What is the piece written by the Venerable Bede that describes the conversion of King Edwin to Christianity and the story of Caedmon who was known as the first Anglo Saxon poet?
400
Fourteenth Century
When were Canterbury Tales and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight written?
400
Avalon
Where was King Arthur going on the ship after his death?
400
Chanticleer
What is the name of the rooster in the Nun's Priest's Tale?
400
In one year and a day
What timeline did the Green Knight give to Sir Gawain to come strike him with the ax that cut off his head?
400
The Pardoner's Tale
What is the story of three gamblers/drunks who think they are pursuing someone who took the life of a friend, but when they find gold, become greedy and end up killing each other, an exemplum that shows that the love of money is the root of all evil.
500
15th century
When did Sir Thomas Malory write Morte Darthur? When was the first printing press set up in England?
500
Under a tree
Where was the gold found by the three gamblers and drunks in Pardoner's Tale?
500
Father of English Prose
Who is John Wycliffe? Who translated the Bible from Latin into English
500
Translated the Bible from Latin to English
What did John Wycliffe do? (to expand reading of the Bible)
500
Nun's Priest Tale
What is the name of the story of the prideful rooster who shows off for the fox and is captured because of it. When he realizes his mistake he tricks the fox and escapes.