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English Mid term exam
Old English period to Middle English period - Sir Gawain, Beowulf, King Arthur, and The Canterbury Tales
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English
12th Grade
12/15/2005

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449
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Germanic Invasions begin: Jutes, Angles, and Saxons to Angleland
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410
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Romans left
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597
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official beginning of Christianity: Pope Gregory sends Augustine as the 1st bishop of Canterbury
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871-900
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Alfred the Great
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Alfred the Great
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wrote the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and united england through the english language
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1066
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The Norman Conquest: William of Normandy vs King Herold - William win.
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Important battle of the Norman Conquest:
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Hastings
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1066-1045
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middle ages
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3 great forces of the Middle Ages
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feudalism, catholic church, chivalry
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3 aspects of chivalry
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service to church, loyalty, reverence to women
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journey to knighthood
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page, squire, knight
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1215:
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king john signs magna carta
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1348
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black death
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War of the Roses
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1455-1485 Houses York and Lancaster
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William Langland
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Piers plowman
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John Wycliff
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translated bible
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Thomas Malory
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stories of King Arthur
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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father of english lit: lived 1340-1400
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Johannes Gutenburg
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printing press in germany
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William Caxton
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brought printing press to england
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Henry II
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ordered death of Thomas Abeckett - the archbishop of canterbury
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