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;Unit1 Geoffrey Chaucer  (I343-1400);Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400);;The English conquest or the Anglo-Saxon Period (4101066) After the withdrawal of the Roman troops, a tribe of Teuton(修顿人), called Jutes, landed on the land. Following them came the other two Teutonic tribes, the Angles(央格鲁) and the Saxsons(撒克逊). The occupied different parts of Britain, enslaving some of the native inhabitant. They established small kingdoms and wars broke out among them. Gradually the Angles spread over the east midland and flourished. They built the kingdom of the East Angles. Small kingdoms were combined to form a single larger kingdom: England, and people were called English. The Anglo-Saxon dialect is what we now call Old English.;The Danes(丹麦人) Invasion For more than 100 years beginning in the late 8th century, the Danes invaded and occupied large area of north-eastern England. In the late 9th century, King Alfred the Great of a kingdom in the south led the English people in the fight against the invading Danes. The invaders were driven back. The Danes invaded England again in the early of the 11th century. They conquered and ruled throughout parts of England for about a quarter of a century. Then following the expulsion(驱逐) of the Danes, the Norman(诺曼人) invaded England in 1066. It marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon Period and the beginning of the Norman Conquest.;The Norman Conquest The Normans invaded England in 1066. They defeated the English troops and William, the Duke of Normandy(诺曼底), was crowned as King of England. The Norman Conquest of the Anglo-Saxon England accelerated the development of the feudalism in England. Only after the conquest did England truly become feudalist society, there were distinct class distinctions. The ruling class consisted of the king and his feudal noblemen, barons(男爵), knights, bishops(主教), who held the most land, great wealth and supreme power. The peasants were exploited cruelly, but they dared not to say anything a