Histoical Elements Of English.docx

EARLY HISTORY FROM 4TH CENTURY BC----7TH CENTURY AD

Geofrey Chaucer mostly wrote in English This period started the usage of another verse called “rhyme Royal”(Name derived from later use by Scottish KING James I in his “Kings quaire” Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde is called “The first modern novel” Canterbury cathedral was the site of martyrdom of Saint Thomas a Becket in 1170 which became a shrine which became a stop for pilgrimage to Jerusalem and gave inspiration for crusades in thirteenth century Peasant’s Revolt,when king Richard II spoke to the peasant representatives ,it is recorded that he used English or Inglis) Sin is a moral offence in the church, Confession was the Roman Catholic church’s wasy of holding its believers which can forgive sins as long as penance is paid There was a pressure to name the sins during this period after pope Innocent III fourth Lateral council in 1215 Invention of printing press Caxton bought it to England, Wynken de Worde his assistant The group known as Scottish Chaucerian give many writings between Chaucer’s death and Renaissance Protestant and humanist, courtly love ,chivalry ,confession, war poetry, dramas, comedy, romance, Miracle, Mystery , Morality and politics took major role of themes for poetry, prose and plays during the period Scots is an offshoot of the Northumbrian dialect of Anglo Saxon with strong influence of Norse, Gaelic, French and Dutch Two common methods used for linking clauses in old English are coordination and parataxis (no linking words) Latin syntactic structures of cicero are more imitated