Middle English Period (1 gen 1066 anni – 3 dic 1073 anni)

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Also referred to as the Later Middle English Literary Period, the Medieval English Literature comprises of a diverse range of works as the population of England during this time was literate and a considerable portion was also bilingual and trilingual.
During this period occurred important events in which the language, culture and lifestyle of England evolve in something that nowadays we can consider ii as a form of modern English. Much of the writings were religious in nature, but about 1350 onward, secular literature began to rise.
Geoffrey Chaucer is amongst the highly regarded poets within the period of 1342 to 1400 and was renowned for his courtly love poetry including the famous “Canterbury Tales” though it was left incomplete; “The House of Fame”, and ‘The Book of the Duchess’. He became one of the core political servants in Britains’s court.

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