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Anglo-Saxon literature. Questions


1.Why  did the Celtic druids disappear? 
2.What does "All Christian Churches" expression mean?
3. How was this religion called and what does it mean?
4. Where was the first church built ?
5. Where could a boy get an education in the Middle Ages?
6. In what language were books written at the monasteries?
7. Can you name any learned men of that period? What were the famous for?
8. What may be called the first history of England, the first prose in English literature?
9.Who became  complete master of the whole of England within  five years?
10. Comment on the influence the Norman Conquest had on Old English.
a) How did the people communicate with their Norman masters?
b) What was the language of intercourse among the native population?
c) In what way did the language develop during the next 200 years?
11.When did  one national language, which is called Middle English, appear?
12.What appeared in the system of education under the Normans that was new? (in detail)
13. What types of literature  did the Normans bring to Britain? (details)
14.Who collected the romances of King Arthur and the knights of the Round table and when was the work publish?
15. In what respect is Thomas Malory's book " Death of Arthur" illustrative of social history?
16. What can we find in the literature of  the townsfolk of that time? 
17. Tell the difference between the Fable and the Fabliau.

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