A short introduction to the main dialects of Middle English and the influence of Norman French on the English language between 1066 and 1450, with reference to key works including the Ormulum, Ayenbite of Inwyt, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
An exploration of medieval England’s relationships with neighbouring kingdoms, covering war, diplomacy, and nation-building from the Norman Conquest to the end of the Plantagenet era.