1. Historical Perspectives and Background

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Early Beginnings

Historical perspecties and background


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Goethe

Literature is the humanization of the

whole world


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AD 410

Romans left England fearing barbarian

attacks in


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from 7th

century to 11th

century

Anglo Saxon literature- from, to

(in broad terms)


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937

King of Wessex and Mercia Athelstan

defeated Scots in the year


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Athelstan

King of Wessex and Mercia who

defeated Scots in the year 937


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Battle ofHastings

Norman Conquest of England- which

battle?


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AD 1066

Battle of Hastings was in the year


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AD 1264

Year of the battle of Lewes


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1154-1189

Reign of Henry II


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1272-1307

Reign of Edward I


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Edward III

Which king led Battle of Poitiers and

Battle of Crecy


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1327

Edward III ascended to power in


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French

Battle of Poitiers and Battle of Crecy

were against


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Yes

Did English win Battle of Poitiers andBattle of Crecy against the French under

Edward III?


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1336

Battle of Poitiers was in (year)


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1346

Battle of Crecy was in (year)


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1377

Edward III died in the year


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EdwardIII

Came topower in

1327

Battle ofPoitiers-

1336

Battle ofCrecy-1346

Winsboth

battles

Died in1377

Richard IIto powerin 1377


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14thcentury

To which century does Laurence Minot

the patriotic versifier belong?


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WinchesterCollege

Which is the first great public school

established?


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1373

Winchester College was established in

the year


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1381

Peasant Rebellion took place in


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Epidemic ofPlague

Black death is the name given to


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1400-1450

Post Chaucerian age

(after death of Chaucer)


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1453

Fall of Constantinople was in the year


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1338

Hundred Years War with France began

in the year


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England and France

The Hundred Years War was fought

between


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1455

The War of Roses began in the year


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The House of York

andThe House of Lancaster

The War of Roses was fought between


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1377

Richard II came to power in


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Edward III

Richard II assumed power after which

king


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1399

Henry IV ascended the throne in the

year


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1399

Henry IV addressed the Parliament in

English for the first time in the year


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East-Midlanddialect

Which dialect became the standard

(Kings version) by Chaucers time?


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1413

Henry IV died in the year


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1485

Henry VII came to power in the year


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1504

St. Pauls School was established in


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Latin and Greek

St. Pauls School was established to

serve as model school to teach


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Henry VI

Joan of Arc headed French army

during the reign of


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Henry VII

Medieval feudal system came to and

end with the rule of


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GiraldusCambrensis

Who wrote Gemma Ecclesiastica?


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13thcentury

When was Gemma Ecclesiastica

written?


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1533

Henry VII married Anne Boleyn in


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Henry VIII

Reformation began during the reign of


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Henry VII

Which king was known as the

Defender of the faith?


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French

Official language of England after

Norman Conquest

Henry II 1154 1189


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Henry II

Richard I

John

Henry III

Edward I

Edward IIEdward III

1154-1189

1189-1199

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1219-1272

1272-1307

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