英美文学2-The Middle Ages.pptVIP

The Middle Ages Learning Targets: Three Conquests The position, theme significance of Beowulf Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales Romance Popular Ballads The Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066) 1. Why is it called Anglo-Saxon period? historical background: p.2 Three conquests: Roman conquest in 43 AD; Anglo-Saxon conquest in 449; Norman conquest in 1066 43 AD, Roman conquered Britain ,making the latter a province of Roman Empire; the withdrawal of Roman troops ,the Teutonic tribes, esp., the Angles conquered the island and called it Angle-land, then England, their language is Anglo-Sax