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> Chaucer

The Life and Times of Geoffrey Chaucer -- Timeline of Chaucer's life and political events.

Introduction to Chaucer's Language and World -- Briefly outlines the changes in language prior to Chaucer.

General Prologue Lecture Notes -- Sample lecture notes including some general information on pilgrimages and descriptions of the pilgrims. 

Wife of Bath Lecture Notes -- Sample lecture notes including discussion questions. 

Knight's Tale Lecture Notes -- Sample lecture notes including discussion questions.

Study Guide for The Miller's Tale

Study Guide for The Wife of Bath's Tale

Study Guide for Geoffrey Chaucer

Day by Day Plan -- Sample plan for the medieval section of an Introduction to English Literature class.  

Midterm Exam -- Sample exam for the medieval section of an Introduction to English Literature class.

Annotated Bibliography -- "Gift Giving and Commodity Exchange in Chaucer"

> Anglo-Saxon/Celtic

Franks Casket -- Gives information and bibliography

A Gold Buckle at Sutton Hoo -- Gives analysis of art form in relation to other cultures, includes footnotes.

Beowulf Assignment

Genre of Beowulf

Life of Beowulf

Germanic Heroic Code

Annotated Bibliography for "Owein"

> Arthurian Legends

Pentecostal Oath in The Tale of Sir Gareth of Orkney That was Called Bewmaynes -- Lists where Malory's Pentecostal Oath was kept and broken in this book.

Pentecostal Oath in The Noble Tale of Sir Launcelot Du Lake -- Lists where Malory's Pentecostal Oath was kept and broken in this book.

The Book of Tristran de Lyones: Character Involvement

The Fall of Arthur's Kingdom: Books VII and VIII -- A walk through of the End of Malory's book.

Winchester and Caxton -- Comparison of the difference between the Winchester Manuscript of Caxton's Malory.

Selective Arthur Bibliography -- Deals mostly with Malory

Annotated Bibliography -- "Malory's Mordred"

Annotated Bibliography -- "Guinevere"

> 15th Century Literature

Timeline -- Basic timeline of events in the fifteenth century

Monarchs -- List of English monarchs and the dates of their reigns

John Lydgate Timeline -- Timeline of Lydgate's life and contemporary events

The Works of John Lydgate -- List of Lydgate's major works including manuscripts and editions

Lecture Notes on John Lydgate -- To be used in conjunction with The Works of John Lydgate. Gives plot summaries of some of Lydgate's works

Robert Henryson Timeline -- Timeline of Henryson's life and contemporary events

Lecture Notes on Robert Henryson

Robert Henryson Bibliography -- Select bibliography on Robert Henryson

The Moral Fables of Aesop -- Brief overview of the work and summary of each story

> Misc

Sound Changes to Germanic -- Goes through Grimm's and Verner's Laws.

Hayden White -- Briefly discusses Theories of Historiography

The Four Humours -- Overhead

Pearl and the Pearl-Poet Overview

Pearl-Poet Timeline

Pearl Summary

Cleanness

Monomyth