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Part II The Anglo-Norman Period 盎格鲁—诺曼底时期 (1066-1350) Historical background The literature Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Literary terms Summary I. Fill in the blanks with the information missing. 1.The Roman Catholic Church sent _____ to England in the year of _____, _____ the English people to Catholicism. 2. Name two poems of this period apart from Beowulf:______, and_______ 3. Beowulf is an epic of ____ lines, and it tells the events that took place on ____ before they moved to the British Isles. 4. The Anglo-Saxons were ______/______, believing in the old mythology of NE. 5. With the coming of_______, the _______mythology was gradually replaced by the _______religion. 6. Both _____ and _____ spirits can be found in literature of this period. II. Mark the following statements as T(true) or F(false). ___1. The two centers of Christian culture in the Old English Period was in Canterbury and Northumbria. ___2.Cademon belonged to Northumbrian School, where as the Venerable Bede was a member of the Canterbury Abbey in south England. ___3. The first English national epic poem is Widsith. ___4. Old English poetry is distinguished by its use of alliteration and kennings. ___5. With The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Alfred earned his place as “Father of English History”. ___6. Cynewulf wrote mainly on religious subjects. ___7. The venerable Bede’s The Ecclesiastical History of the English People was written in Old English. The scene of the story is laid first in ____. The great hall ___, built by the Danish King ____ for big gatherings and feasts with his followers, has been laid waste for twelve years by a monster named _____ who has overwhelmed many brave warriors in his nightly visits to the place. The dreadful tidings spread to the _____, a neighboring tribe across the sea, in the south of Sweden. ______, A nephew to the Geat king ____ and a famed slayer of monsters, sails to Denmark with ____ companions and offers to fight with ____. In a terr