Exercises

1. Where could a boy get an education in the Middle Ages?

2. In what language were books written at the monasteries?

3. Can you name any learned men of that period?

4. Comment on the influence the Norman Conquest had on Old English.

a) How did the people communicate with their Norman master?

b) What was the language of intercourse among the native population?

c) In what way did the language develop during the next 200 years?

5. What appeared in the system of education under the Normans that was new?

6. What types of literature did the Normans bring to Britain?

7. In what respect is Thomas Malory’s book “Death of King Arthur” illustrative of social history?