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1 Momento Mori Medieval English Literature

2 Julius Ceasar 54 BC Claudius 43 AD

3 Londinium founded in 50 AD

4 Hadrian’s Wall 122 AD

5 Honorius 410 AD Great migration of the peoples 4th and 5th century

6 Viking raids from 793 AD

7 Viking territory

8 Alfred the Great -871 – 899 AD Battle of Edington 878 AD Alfred the Great – Warrior and Scholar

9 William the Conqueror 1028 – 1087 AD Battle of Hastings - 1066 Bayeux Tapestry

10 Richard I “Lion Heart” (1157 – 1199 AD) Crusades 1190 AD

11 King John 1 accepts Magna Carta 10 June 1615 Magna Carta 1215 AD

12 Black Death in Europe

13 Elizabeth I 1533 - 1603 Henry VIII 1491 - 1547 surrounded by his six wives

14 BEOWU LF

15 Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnam hinase hic enda thu wat unbidan nu 12th century Beowulf 6th century

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17 Hrothgar’s mead hall

18 Beowulf rips off Grendel’s arm

19 EverymanJedermannElckerlyc

20 Death summons Everyman Everyman dies

21 Purgatory

22 Pageant wagon Coventry mystery

23 Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer

24 The Pilgrims

25 Thomas Beckett 1118 – 1170 AD Murder of Beckett 29 December, 1170 AD

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27 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

28 First page of manuscript Green Knight puts head back

29 Lady Bercilak tempts Sir Gawain Tolkien’s translation

30 Le Morte d’Arthur Sir Thomas Mallory King Arthur

31 The Knights of the Round Table Excalibur? Holy Grail

32 King Arthur dies, but the legend lives on. King Arthur, 2004

33 ROBIN HOOD

34 Grave of Robin Hood at Kirklees

35 Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn

36 Here the ppp ends and your work starts

37 Momento Mori – Medieval English Literature Beowulf Epic poem Beowulf fights Grendel Beowulf’s death Everyman Allegory Morality play Canterbury Tales Frame story Prologue and Wife of Bath’s Tale/Knight’s Tale

38 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Chivalry Visit of Green Knight Tests of Sir Gawain Le Morte d’Arthur Legend Prologue One of the books/stories Robin Hood Ballad Main characters

39 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFf1i5ObG2w


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