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The general phrase “the Middle Ages” covers a period of some 800 years, from the seventh to the beginning of the sixteenth century, and two distinct epochs in the history of English literature: the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) period and the Middle English period. These are decisively separated from each other by the Norman conquest of England by Duke William at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. This initiated a radical change in English culture, in the English language and, therefore, in English literature.
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Peter Ackroyd, Albion (Vintage, London, 2004), p.185.
C. S. Lewis, The Allegory of Love (Oxford University Press, London, 1936), p. 8.
The text of the poem is from F. N. Robinson, ed., The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Oxford University Press, London, 1957), p. 17.
The translation is adapted from Margaret Ferguson, Mary Jo Salter, Jon Stallworthy, eds., The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 4th ed. (W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1996), p. 17.
Julian of Norwich, A Shewing of God’s Love, ed. Anna Maria Reynolds (Sheed & Ward, London, 1974), p. xxii.
Lynn Stanley, ed., The Book of Margery Kempe (Medieval Institute, Kalamazoo, 1996), p. 4.
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Spurr, B. (2007). Medieval Maria. In: See the Virgin Blest. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-12140-0_2
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