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The Middle English Era (1066-1550) Anglo-Norman Period (1066-1350) The Age Of Chaucer (1350-1400)

Anglo-Norman Period (1066-1350) Normans Roman-Gallics Union of French & Norse

Lively Celtic Disposition Progressive Latin civilization

Romance Language Domesday Book

The Conquest William the Conqueror, duke of Normandy and Master of England Battle of Hastings 1066--defeated the Saxon king Harold--end of the tribalism

King Harold killed William Conqueror, crowned Christmas Day, 1066

Last Time that England was invaded Began Feudal Tradition and a merger between French and English cultures

Replaced, brought back Roman Culture National Ideal Holy Crusades--11th to 13th Century

Age of Chaucer Feudalism Ballad Metrical Romance

Feudalism— German vieh, or “cow”

Contractual System—King lets out land return for service Lord judged, taxed, commanded those below

Homage—servant “homme” or man of the other Fealty--faithful

Metrical Romance Derived from the French Hero usually a knight; Fair ladies in distress, warriors in armor, giants, dragons, enchanters, and enemies of the state

Evil Enemy Quest Test(s) of the Hero Supernatural Elements

Good vs. evil Female Figures (maidens in need of rescue, mothers, crones, or temptresses) Chivalry (Code of Honor)

Chivalry: A code of honor Adherence to one’s oath of loyalty to an overlord observing certain rules of warfare adoring a particular lady

Supernatural or fairy event or character Love as a prominent theme (faithful rather than courtly love)

Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales: Late 14th Century Holy Crusades Thomas a Beckett: Archbishop of Canterbury (1118-1170) Henry II

1163 a canon accused of murder acquitte by church court Brought before King, Beckett pleaded for his acquittal King Henry then extends king’s court over church Beckett exiled in France for 6 years

Knights stab him to death Altar sight of miracles

Tales--(Prologue or Frame Story/Tale)

Irony:a contrast or discrepancy between expectations and reality verbal situational dramatic

Satire: a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform

Allegory:a story in which the characters, setting, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts.

Fabliau is a brief comic tale in verse, usually scurrilous and often scatological or obscene. The style is simple, vigorous, and straightforward; the time is the present, and the settings real familiar places; the plots are realistically motivated tricks and ruses.

Breton Lay: A short romance derived from the French

Marie de France Short romance of between 100 and 1000 lines