Purdue Links
Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Purdue
English Department at Purdue
Bodleian Slides—Purdue holds some 1000 slide sets which reproduce the illuminations and partial texts from the Bodleian Library and other colleges.
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 and 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.
Arthurian Legend
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
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.
Verner's Law — This three part video is a hoot, and educational! Make sure to watch all three parts.
Sound Changes to Germanic — Goes through Grimm's and Verner's Laws.
Hayden White — Briefly discusses Theories of Historiography
The Four Humours — Overhead