EARLY HISTORY FROM 4TH CENTURY BC----7TH CENTURY AD

Geofrey Chaucer mostly wrote in English

This period started the usage of another verse called “rhyme Royal”(Name derived from later use by Scottish
KING James I in his “Kings quaire”
Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde is called “The first modern novel”
Canterbury cathedral was the site of martyrdom of Saint Thomas a Becket in 1170 which became a shrine
which became a stop for pilgrimage to Jerusalem and gave inspiration for crusades in thirteenth century
Peasant’s Revolt,when king Richard II spoke to the peasant representatives ,it is recorded that he used
English or Inglis)
Sin is a moral offence in the church, Confession was the Roman Catholic church’s wasy of holding its believers
which can forgive sins as long as penance is paid
There was a pressure to name the sins during this period after pope Innocent III fourth Lateral council in
1215
Invention of printing press Caxton bought it to England, Wynken de Worde his assistant
The group known as Scottish Chaucerian give many writings between Chaucer’s death and Renaissance
Protestant and humanist, courtly love ,chivalry ,confession, war poetry, dramas, comedy, romance, Miracle,
Mystery , Morality and politics took major role of themes for poetry, prose and plays during the period
Scots is an offshoot of the Northumbrian dialect of Anglo Saxon with strong influence of Norse, Gaelic,
French and Dutch
Two common methods used for linking clauses in old English are coordination and parataxis (no linking
words)
Latin syntactic structures of cicero are more imitated