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31 Cards in this Set
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Old English
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500-1100
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First period in British Time line?
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Old English
500-1100 |
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Works from Old English?
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Beowulf
"The Seafarer" "The Wanderer" "The Dream of the Rood" "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" by Bede |
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Middle English
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1100-1500
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Second period in British Time line?
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Middle English
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Describe characteristics of Old English.
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Beowulf, an Epic poem, was written down around 1000, but is unknown in actual origin. It concerns the lives of Scandinavian people and events.
Most of the works are "predominantly religious" content, "biblical narratives and saints' lives retold in Old English verse and homilies or sermons in Old English prose. |
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What event brought the shift from Old English to Middle English?
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The Norman Invasion of 1066
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Most famous works of Middle English?
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William Langland "Piers Plowman"
The Pearl poet "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Geoffrey Chaucer "The Canterbury Tales" Sir Thomas Malory "Morte d' Arthur" |
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What was happening with theatre in during the Middle English period?
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Mystery plays and Miracle plays came into fashion. "Religious and trade guilds" would perform plays "on wagons that moved throughout medieval towns. No copies of these plays exist. The plays told the lives of saints, stories from the Bible, and the miracles performed by Christ.
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What invention changed everything during the Middle English time period?
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The printing press
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Early Tudor
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1500-1558
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What is another name for the Early Tudor period?
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The first period of the English Renaissance
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What is the Early Tudor period best known for?
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poetry and nonfiction prose
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Describe the works of Early Tudor poet John Skelton.
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John Skelton was the first major poet of the Early Tudor age. He "began his career imitating the work of the great medieval poet Chaucer but later developed an original, satirical style that he turned on both church and state."
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Describe the works of Early Tudor poet Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey.
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Surrey was "the first English poet to write in blank verse and adapt the Italian or Petrarchan sonnet." He changed it to the 3 quatrains and couplet. Although he did it first the English sonnet would be known as Shakespearean sonnet.
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Describe the works of Early Tudor writer Thomas More.
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Thomas More wrote Utopia. This "depicts life in a utopian land where reason and justice prevail, shows the influence of Plato's The Republic."
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What are the traits of the Early Tudor period?
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The "focus on the relationship between the individual and the state, respect for and use of classical works, and the tendency to import and adapt classically influenced literary forms from other countries are characteristic not only of the Early Tudor Age but also of the Renaissance Period in English Literature."
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What are the dates of the Elizabethan Age?
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1558-1603
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Why does the Elizabethan run for this time?
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the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
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With which greater historical period is the Elizabethan Age tied?
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It is the second of five periods that run through the Renaissance period.
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What are the traits of the Elizabethan Age?
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The transnational and transcultural Renaissance period that had England and Europe rising out of the Medieval Period.
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What writers are connected to the Elizabethan Age?
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Poets: Sir Philip Sidney and Edmund Spenser
Playwrights: Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare Prose writers: Francis Bacon and Sir Walter Raleigh |
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What is the connection between the Elizabethan Age and the Jacobean Age?
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Some writers that began in the Elizabethan Age continued to write into the Jacobean and some writers that began in the Elizabethan Age and then really became established in the Jacobean.
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What are the dates for the Jacobean Age?
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1603-1625
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What historical events are tied to the Jacobean Age?
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the reign of King James I
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How does the Jacobean Age fit into the Renaissance?
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The Jacobean Age is the third period of the Renaissance?
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What authors are connected to the Jacobean Age?
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John Donne, Michael Drayton, and Ben Jonson wrote during the Jacobean Age.
The King James Bible was also translated in this age. |
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What are the dates of the Caroline Age?
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1625-1649
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What historical period is tied to the Caroline Age?
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The reign of King Charles I.
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How is the Caroline Age connected to the Renaissance?
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The Caroline Age is the fourth of five of the Renaissance period.
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Who are the most famous writers of the Caroline Age?
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The Cavalier poets: Thomas Carew, Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, and Sir John Suckling. The Cavalier poets wrote courtly love lyrics in support of King Charles I.
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