ACCT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Middle English Literature, Guillaume De Lorris, Guinevere
20 Jul 2020
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The high and late middle ages/ middle english times (1100 1500) 11th century: england was united under scandinavian king cnut the great. 1066 beginning of norman period in england. Kind edward dies, was taken over by harold for a short time. William (first cousin of edward) claimed the english throne, after defeating king. Harold in the battle of hastings: english monarchy still draws the legitimacy from the blood relation with him. William and the normans were responsible for restructuring society according to the feudal system, held sway on the continent. Social relations were derived so that e. g. peasant would provide food for the vassals, after being employed etc. Feudalism is culturally important, created the class of people who were protagonist in epics/romances i. e. the knights. France during viking age) had been granted a dukedom by the french king: took less than 100 years to fully adopt french, while it took 300 years for.
