The Royal Portfolio

British Lit Time Period Information

Instructions:
1. Research for the answers to the following prompts and questions.
2. Type your information and copy the link to the website that contained the information allow the boxes to expand as you type or insert information.
3. You should read various websites to find comprehensive information, but you need to document two independent, reliable and credible sources that you will use
to present your information on your Royal Portfolio site.
4. When the chart is completed, you will present your information in paragraph form as if you are telling someone the story of England (see instructions below).
5. You should not simply string along facts and dates, but create a logical, coherent, sophisticated piece of writing that incorporates senior-level vocabulary and
sentence structure. Review the rubric for standards and criteria for grading.

Literary/Historical Time Period:

Prompt
1. What are the
years of the time
period?
Keep in mind
that there is
really no exact
year, as many
historians have
varying ideas of
when a period
may begin or
finish.
3. Who are the
major ethnic or
cultural groups
within the time
period?
a. Where did
they come
from
b. What
traditions did
they bring
with them?
c. What is their
religious
focus? (could
be more than

Source #1 and Information

Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_in_the_Middle
_Ages

1066-1485

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_people
Vikings, Danelaw, Romano-British, Norman, Angevin

Source #2 and Information

Source: http://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages
Europe between the fall of Rome in 476 CE and the beginning of
the Renaissance in the 14th century.

Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/peopl
es_01.shtml
red-headed people in Scotland, small, dark-haired folk in Wales and
lanky blondes in southern England

one)

5. Who is the most

powerful single
person who
influences the
time period?
a. What actions
did he do to
impact the
time period?
b. What
contribution
did he make
to the
development
of Great
Britain
7. What influence
did the history or
cultural events
have on the
literature of the
time? Describe in
at least three
statements.

Source: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/medievalpolitical/
Medieval philosophy is the philosophy produced in Western
Europe between Boethius and Descartes, a period of over
one thousand years. Medieval political philosophy is the part
of medieval philosophy that is concerned with political
matters

Source: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/medieval-political/
an attempt to influence public events, and the history of the
subject therefore involves reference to those events. It also
involves reference to developments in medieval culture, e.g.,
the renaissances of the ninth and twelfth centuries, and to the
development of institutions such as the legal system and the
universities

Source: https://answers.yahoo.com
The pope was a powerful person in medieval Europe because most of the
European countries at the time were of the Roman Catholic faith. Since
the pope was the liaison between God and man, he had great influences
over the rulers of nations.

Source: http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/anintroduction-to-british-literature/s01-01-introduction-tomiddle-english.html
Religious literature: devotional books, sermons, psalters, missals,
breviaries, hagiographies, medieval drama, mystery plays,
morality plays. Like the oral tradition of the Anglo-Saxon age, mystery
plays and morality plays served a predominantly illiterate population.
Chivalric literature: particularly the legends of King Arthur and his
Knights of the Round Table, flowered in the medieval romance, a
narrative, in either prose or poetry, presenting a knight and his
adventures. Instead a medieval romance presents a knight in a series of
adventures (a quest) featuring battles, supernatural elements, repeated
events, and standardized characters.

9. What are the

traits/convention
s of the poetry of
the period? (i.e.
extended
metaphors,
imagery, etc.)
a. What are the
messages
and/or
themes of the
poetic
writing?
b. Name the
titles and
authors of
three pieces
of poetry.

11. What are the

traits/convention
s of the prose
writing of the
period? (i.e.
extended
metaphors,
imagery, etc.)
a. What are the
messages
and/or
themes of the
prose
writing?
b. Name the

Source:
http://www.slideshare.net/zanenglish/medievalliterature
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/library/alumni/online_e
xhibits
/
digital/2000/c_n_c/c_04_medieval/backgrounds_me
dieval.htm
Themes of Medieval Literature fall into several major
categories which seem to reflect the concerns/focus of life
for people in that time period. The Seven Deadly Sins (what
to avoid), The Seven Heavenly Virtues (what to do),
Physiognomy and The Humours, Values of courtly love,
The Code of Chivalry

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/thirteensiowell/english-medieval-literature

Caedmon Hymn-Caedmon
Bedes Death Song-Bede
The Fates of the Apostles-Cynewulf

expressive shortcuts that a community agrees to understand

and honor. Since these conventions change to satisfy the
needs of different communities and eras, a knowledge of
conventions helps us place and date most texts. The art of the
medieval period is particularly rich in conventional forms.
Perhaps the most deeply rooted and significant is the system
of signs known as allegory.

Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_liter
ature
(Gregory the Great's The Pastoral Care, a manual for priests
on how to conduct their duties; The Consolation of
Philosophy by Boethius; and The Soliloquies of Saint
Augustine) by Alfred the Great

Source:
Heroic poetry
Elegiac poetry
Classical and Latin poetry
Riddles
Christian poetry
Other poems
Features
Simile and metaphor
Alliteration
Variation
Caesura

titles and
authors of
three pieces
13.

Combine the information into a logical, coherent paragraph that tells the story of the historical and literary time period.
o Remember that a solid, comprehensive, senior-level paragraph is at least 8-10 sentences.
o Remember that it has a topic sentence and a concluding sentence.
o Remember that you may include information that you recall from research but may not necessarily be part of the graphic organizer above.
You should create a piece of writing that show how seniors take task, purpose, and audience into careful consideration, choosing words,
information, structures, and formats deliberately during the writing process. Merely copying and pasting information will not meet the Common
Core literacy standards.