Old English Literature
land, owned by the lords and used as they wished.
5) 1086 Domesday Book to improve taxation
6) Reforms the legal system : The Common Law
7) 1215 a first government is assigned
8.) Types of literature most prominent in the middle ages ( didactic poems, Chivalric romance,
Fables, Ballads). What is Chivalric romance, where does it originate from? What are the three
categories describe each of them? Geoffrey of Monmouth and Historia Regum Britanniae
importance, Ballads and the main themes in them.
1) Didactic Poems educating poems in the English language, stories from the Bible contained
moral lessons, often performed in front of the churches before the service
2) Chivalric romance court literature that originated from France. It is in the form of narrative
poetry, which tell a story of a knight who undergoes several adventures ( to win the heart of
his lady love).
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