Momento Mori
Medieval
English
Literature
Julius Ceasar54 BC
Claudius43 AD
Londiniumfounded in 50 AD
Hadrian’s Wall122 AD
Honorius410 AD
Great migration of the peoples4th and 5th century
Viking raids from 793 AD
Viking territory
Alfred the Great -871 – 899 ADBattle of Edington 878 AD
Alfred the Great – Warrior and Scholar
William the Conqueror1028 – 1087 AD
Battle of Hastings - 1066
Bayeux Tapestry
Richard I “Lion Heart” (1157 – 1199 AD)Crusades 1190 AD
King John 1 accepts Magna Carta
10 June 1615
Magna Carta1215 AD
Black Death in Europe
Elizabeth I1533 - 1603
Henry VIII1491 - 1547
surrounded by his six wives
BEOWULF
Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnam hinase hic enda
thu wat unbidan nu12th century
Beowulf6th century
Hrothgar’s mead hall
Beowulf rips off Grendel’s arm
EverymanJedermannElckerlyc
Death summons Everyman
Everyman dies
Purgatory
Pageant wagon
Coventry mystery
Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Pilgrims
Thomas Beckett1118 – 1170 AD
Murder of Beckett29 December, 1170 AD
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
First page ofmanuscript
Green Knight puts head back
Lady Bercilak tempts Sir Gawain
Tolkien’s translation
Le Morte d’Arthur
Sir Thomas Mallory
King Arthur
The Knights of the Round Table
Excalibur?
Holy Grail
King Arthur dies,
but the legend lives on.
King Arthur, 2004
ROBIN HOOD
Grave of Robin Hood at Kirklees
Olivia de Havilland andErrol Flynn
Here the ppp ends
and
your work starts
Momento Mori – Medieval English Literature
Beowulf•Epic poem•Beowulf fights Grendel•Beowulf’s death
Everyman•Allegory•Morality play
Canterbury Tales•Frame story•Prologue and Wife of Bath’s Tale/Knight’s Tale
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight•Chivalry•Visit of Green Knight•Tests of Sir GawainLe Morte d’Arthur•Legend•Prologue•One of the books/stories
Robin Hood•Ballad•Main characters
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