American-British Literature (History) Flashcards
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Who is Venerable Bede?
considered holy/scholar in the Anglo Saxon Period
What did Alfred the Great do?
🔺unified the monarchy
🔺education
In which period did the english language grow?
Middle Ages
Which period was the French Language introduced?
Middle Ages
In what language was Middle Age literature written as?
Latin & French
Which group controlled the Middle Ages in terms of literature?
Church
In which time period was Geoffrey Chaucer known?
Middle Ages
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
“first major english poet”
What did Geoffrey Chaucer write?
🔺Canterbury Tales (short stories)
🔺 Folk Ballads
In what time period was the Pear Poets known?
Middle Ages
What did the Pearl Poets write?
courtly adventures
Who were the Pearl Poets?
unknown writers
In which century was King Henry VII known?
Sixteenth Century
In which time period was the Tudor Literature known for?
Sixteenth Century
Who was the most influential leader in the Sixteenth Century?
Queen Elizabeth 👸🏼
Which was the “golden time” for literature?
Sixteenth Century
What happened in the time of Queen Elizabeth’s reign?
🔺educated the people
🔺produced a lot of writers
🔺Government became more powerful than the Church
What are the 3 Intellectual movements? (Sixteenth Century)
🔺Renaissance
🔺Humanism
🔺Reformation
What happened in Renaissance?
Revival of interest in Latin & Greek
What happened in Humanism?
🔺Center of Development
🔺man is responsible for his moral life
What happened in Reformation?
changes in the Roman Catholic Church
What is Courtly Literature?
story of royalty
When was the Age of Discovery?
Sixteenth Century (Queen Elizabeth)
Which was the Age of Reason?
Seventeenth Century