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.
Readings from a selection of Middle English prose and verse texts including the Ormulum, the Agenbite of Inwit, and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, illustrating the range and diversity of medieval English writing.