Middle english period (1000-1500 AC)

Facts

• The normands conquer Britain
• The lider of the Normand invasion was William the Conquer

Social concequences

• The influence of the germanic tribes desplacement by the french traditions
• Big migrations
• Christianism was imposed

Topics of the literatura

• Misoginy 
•  Ideal of virginity
•  Courthley love
• The mysterious pentagle

Genre

• Courthley love: No husband and wife relation at all
• Religious: christianism. Clergyment were the centre of intellectualism
•  Arthurian legends

Important changes and contributions

• New toipics
• Christianism
• Huge influence of Normand traditions and cultura
• Trillinguism (old english,latin, french)
• Contributions and changes in gramar estructure

Note: The most important author was Geoffrey Chaucer, Who wrote the Canterbury tales.