This page contains a hotlist of exercises and educational materials on my webpages. They are geared for students of medieval literature. Items are listed in alphabetical order, so if you have an assignment in your syllabus, you can look for it by title. The materials include downloadable handouts and online materials as webpages. DOWNLOADS: Handouts in PDF format: You can download these PDF files to your computer and then print them out or read them using the free program Adobe Acrobat. If you don't have a copy of Adobe Acrobat, you can download it here, for free. The Advocate: A Cheatsheet (refer to this sheet to keep straight what's going on in the film) Bede's Parable of the Sparrow (excerpt for discussion) Bibliography on the Law, Adultery, and King Arthur, compiled by graduate student Robin Haynes for English 520. Black Plague (brief three-page overview) Dante Chart (lists the various rings of The Inferno and the sin punished) Dialect Exercise for Middle English Readings Ecclesiastical Worldview Heresy: A Handlist King Arthur in the Welsh Tradition: A summary of arguments concerning whether King Arthur was a historical figure or mythical creation. Manuscript Talk (4.9 MB Powerpoint) Middle English Pronunciation and Phonology Guide by Dr. Boren (TBA: this is a PDF version adapted from an older handout created by Professor James Boren at the University of Oregon) Middle English Word List for West Midlands Dialect as PDF file Middle English Word List for London Dialect as PDF file Numerology in the medieval world Old English vs. Middle English--What's the difference? (Note this PDF will look most accurate if you have the font "Junius Modern" available in your computer's font folder.) Oneiromancy and Dreams in the Middle Ages "The Romance of the Rose" and Chaucer's Wife of Bath Rulers of England (in order) The Seven Deadly Sins The Venerable Bede: Excerpts from The Ecclesiastical History of the English People: Pope Boniface's letter to the queen and The Sparrow in the Hall. WEBLINKS: Below, you will find a list of educational materials in the form of weblinks. Items are listed in alphabetical order, so if you have an assignment in your syllabus, you can look for it by title. You will also find a bold link near the bottom of this page that will lead to various external medieval webpages that I find useful. Andreas Capellanus' Rules of Courtly Love (a list of the romantic rules a courtly lover must follow) Beowulf: An Online Exercise on The First Nineteen Lines (a study in how textual editing affects a poem) Black Plague: The Least You Need To Know. The same material is available here as a pdf file. Boethius: Consolatio Philosophiae (text of The Consolation of Philosophy translated by W. V. Cooper, e-text from University of Virginia Library) Boethius: A Reading Guide to the Consolatio Philosophia (by R. J. Kilcullen) Chaucer Links Chaucer Biography: An Outline Close Reading of a Literary Passage (a guide to closely examining a piece of literature) Courtly Love Cult of Chivalry Feudalism Great Vowel Shift: A Guide Heresy: A Handlist. The same material is available here as a pdf file. Indo-European and the ancestry of English The Hundred Years' War Judith Images Literary Terms: An alphabetical list with definitions Middle English Word List: East Midlands and Northumbrian Dialect (common and easily confused words in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Pearl poem) The same material is available here as a pdf file. Middle English Word List: London Dialect (common and easily confused words in Chaucer). The same material is available here as a PDF file. Medieval Monsters: A Partial List and Bibliography for English 199 Pilgrimage (TBA) Old English Bibliography (The first fifty titles to know about) Richard Rolle, excerpts from the Incendium Amoris. Sir Orfeo (A TEAMS electronic edition of the poem) Timeline: 400-500 Timeline: 500-600 Timeline: 600-700 Timeline: 700-800 Timeline: 800-900 Timeline: 900-1000 Timeline: 1000-1100 Timeline: 1100-1200 Timeline: 1200-1300 Timeline: 1300-1400 Unusual Religious Practices of the medieval period Viking Sagas and Anglo-Saxon Adventures (Summer 2008) The Wakefield Master, some tidbits. The War of the Roses Writings About Medieval Monsters: English 199 Click Here for Other Great Medieval Webpages! (external to this one) (top) Image based on stainglass portrait, "Pilgrims on the Road to Canterbury," from the southern aisle of the Trinity Chapel, built in the 13th century.

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