BOOKLET – 1 (UGC- English)
Objective FACTS (Series 1)
Early Period
(Beginning
to Early 1550)
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· Goethe defined literature “the
humanization of the whole world”
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In 450 coming of Saxons to England
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Bede wrote Ecclesiastical History of
the English People in 731
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Weimer Classicism is a cultural and
literary movement, the movement from 1772 until 1805 involved John Wolfgang von
Goethe as German literary writer.
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His first novel was The Sorrow of
Young Werther
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Anglo-Saxon literature ranges from 7th
to 11th Centuries.
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Anglo-Saxons were people who in habitated
from Germanic Tribes. Anglo-Saxon periods denote the early settlement of
British history until the Norman conquest, between about 450 and 1066.
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Norman were from Scandinavia
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Norman defeat the Anglo Saxon King in
the battle of Hastings in 1066
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Normans brought with them Chornicles
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Anglo Saxon Poetry has been derived from
Church
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The main result of the victory of
Normans over French as they lost their civilization
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William , the duke of Normandy became
the master of England beating the last of the Saxon Kings
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The main outcome of the battle of the
Hastings in 1066 was that it changed the civilization of whole nation
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Chanson National Epic is also known as
“Chanson de Roland”
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Complete history of Britons was written
by Geoffrey of Monmouth, who was a Welsh Monk
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Battle of Hastings , Death of Edward and
William of Normandy becomes the king in 1066
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Advocate’s Library gives a complete
picture of Normandy Literature
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Merri Greenwood Men ballads were later
collected into Geste of Robin Hood
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Seven Wise Masters
is a collection of French oriental tales
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The Matter of Greece
, is related to tales of Alexander
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Alisoun is the melodious love song
written at the end of 13th century
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Rule of Achoresses , an English prose written by Bishop Poore in
1225
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Battle of Brunan
was an English victory in 937 by the army of the Athelstan, King of
England and his brother Edmund over the Scots.
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Battle of Hastings was fought on 14th
October 1066 between Norman French army an English Army under the Anglo
Saxon King Harold II.
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The battle of Lewes took place in
1264, conflict known as Second Baron’s War. War took place between Henry III
and Simon de Manfort .
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Henry II also known as Henry Curtmentle.(
1154-89)
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Edward I reign 1272 to 1307 , was first
son of Henry III
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Cursor Mundi, a metrical romance was
written in 1320
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Edward III defeated the French at the
Battle of Poitiers and battle of Crecy in 1336 and 1346. The Battle of Poitiers
was a major battle between England and France, popularly known Hundred Years’
War.
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Laurence Minot (1330-1352 ) , he belongs
to patriotic versifier.
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The first public school, Winchester
College was established in 1373.
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Peasant
Revolt also known as Wat Tyler’s revolt was a major revolt of 1381. The
problems generated by the black death in 1340. It estimated 75 to 200 million
people died in Europe.
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Fall of Constantinople, the capital of
eastern Roman Empire (6th April -29th of May 1453.
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Black
Death 1348-49
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Battle of Crecy was in 1346
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Henry IV ascended the throne in 1399 to
1413
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The war of roses was the series of
dynastic wars of the throne of England. Between House of York and house of
Lancaster (1455-1487)
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Post Chaucerian period
is known as 1400-1455
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Edward III came to the throne in 1327.
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Richard II came to the throne in 1377
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East midland dialect became standard
English (king’s English) by the time of Chaucer.
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In war of Roses , roses stands for
Houses.
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Henry VII is also known as defender of
the faith.
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French had become official language
after Norman conquest in 1066
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Magna Carta in 1215
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1340 , birth of Geoffrey Chaucer
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1370 , Chaucer wrote Book of Duchess
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1377 , Langland wrote Piers Plowmen
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1400 , death of Chaucer and murder of
Richard II
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1415, Battle of Agincourt
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William Caxton, History of troy, the
First book in English in the year 1474-75.
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