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intro test english 4
study guide enlish 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| epic | long narrative poem about adventures. |
| beawulf | only anglo saxon epic. takes place in denmark sweeden |
| henrey 5th | led to victory in the battle of agincourt with the longbow |
| William Caxton | 1476, set up printing press in west minister london. used london dialect, becomes most used dialect in modern english. Order dont matter. |
| Black Plauge | 1347 killed 40% of europe middle class evolved. renaissance period |
| Mystry plays | renaissance guilds-early idea of labor union. |
| Shakesphere | Globe Threater 1564-1616 |
| King James | rewrote the bibile to english seperated from the pope and got divorced |
| Charles 1 | 1st king to be excuted 17th century |
| john Milton | main writer puritan worked for oliver Cramwell went blind taught himself anglosaxon |
| Romantic Period | 1798 |
| French revolution | july, 14, 1789 |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | 1343-1400 greatest english poet of middle ages father of english poetry |
| Straight roads | created by the romans |
| William Wordsworth | started the romantic era in 1798 |
| John Keets | 2nd generation of poets during romantic period |
| benjermin Disraeli | prime minister during victorian era novilist |
| edmund spencer | "faire queen" reniassance |
| Elizabeth 1st | begging age of shakesphere dies 1603 king henry took her place |
| Old enligh | 449-1066 anglosaxon period Beowulf |
| Middle English | 1066-1500 |
| Modern Enlgish | 1500--current |