The Medival Period.docx

The MEDIVAL PERIOD ( 1066-1485)

LITERATURE style and genre

SOCIAL BACKGROUND

NORMAN ENGLAND Norman-French = Anglo-Saxon = English

ORAL TRADITION CONTINUES FOLK BALLADS . A Song that traditionally sung by the common people of region and forms part of their culture : Robinhood rescuing Three Squires Mystery Plays . focus on the representation of bible stories in churches Miracle Plays . Specifically re-enact miraculous interventions by saints into lives of ordinary people Morality Plays . A kind of drama with personified abstract qualities as the main characters. Present about good Stock Epithets . Any words applied to a person to describe an actual quality Kenning . A poetic phrase used in place of the usual name of a person or thing

.Plays that instruct the illiterate masses in

morals and religion “Morality Plays” .Chivalric code of honor “ Knights, Their ladies fair” . Religious devotion . Romances

BATTLE OF HASTINGS October 4th 1066 William x- Harold x- Conquer England

.Church instructs its people through the morality and miracle plays .An literate Population is able to hear and see the literature

. The Crusades bring the development of a money economy for the first time in Britain . Trading increases dramatically . Henry III Crowned king in 1154 -Brings a judicial system, royal courts, juries, and chivalry to britain