U5 L5 English Literature 1066-1400

Question 1

What is the period between the Norman Conquest and the age of Chaucer referred to as?

Answer 1

High Middle Ages

Question 2

After the conquest, what was Anglo-Saxon FIRST influenced by?

Answer 2

Norman French

Question 3

What is Norman French?

Answer 3

blend of French and Germanic languages of Vikings settles in Normandy

Question 4

What was Medieval French close/similar to?

Answer 4

Latin

Question 5

What did the upper class of Norman nobles speak in?

Answer 5

Norman French

Question 6

What was the language of the common people?

Answer 6

English

Question 7

What were official court and legal languages?

Answer 7

French and Latin

Question 8

How much literature of the early High Middle Ages survives?

Answer 8

little

Question 9

For how long did the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle continue after the Norman Conquest?

Answer 9

nearly a century

Question 10

The main French influence on language occurs in words referring to what?

Answer 10

state matters and arts and learning

Question 11

What was the dialect in which Chaucer wrote?

Answer 11

London dialect

Question 12

What are examples of dialects that grew out during the High Middle Ages?

Answer 12

• Middle English
• London
• Northwest Midland

Question 13

How does the Middle English dialect vary?

Answer 13

distance of region from central govt

Question 14

Which centuries saw the rebirth of a true English Literature?

Answer 14

late 12 and 13 cent

Question 15

Writers of which centuries established English as a literary language?

Answer 15

14-15

Question 16

Who wrote the History of the Kings of Britain, and in which century?

Answer 16

Geoffrey of Monmouth in 12 cent

Question 17

Were extant literary works of the 12th century scarce?

Answer 17

yes

Question 18

Who wrote a French version of the History of the Kings of Britain?

Answer 18

Wace

Question 19

Who wrote an English-verse translation of History of the Kings of Britain in the late 12th century? And what was it called?

Answer 19

Layamon, Brut

Question 20

What does Brut contain?

Answer 20

• traces origins of Britain to Troy

- Brut led trojans to island that is now Britain

Question 21

Who is Brut the supposed grandson of?

Answer 21

Aeneas

Question 22

What is the Proverbs of Alfred?

Answer 22

collection of wise sayings