What were the first years of the settlement on the American continent like?

$$ depended on the parent states

What literature was mostly developed in those period of time ( on American continent)?

$$ historical chronicle and memoirs,

$$$121. The Ancient Britons spoke:

$$Celtic

What plants were thought sacred?

$$ mistletoe and an oak-tree

$$$123. In the 1^st century before our era Briton was conquered by:

$$ the Romans

$$$124. The General who commanded the Romans in the 1^st century before our era was:

$$ Julius Caesar

$$$125. The Professional musicians were called;

$$ bards

$$$126. The scene of “Beowulf “ is set among:

$$ the Jutes and the Danes

$$$127. The people were divided into classes of:

$$ free peasants and warriors

$$$128. “Beowulf” is ;

$$ a young knight

When did Christianity penetrated into the British Isles?

$$ in the 3^rd century

Who became the emperor of the whole Roman Empire in the year 306?

$$ Constantine the Great

Who was the first English Navy built by?

$$ Alfred the Great

Who was Alfred the Greats teacher that wrote a life of him?

$$ a Welsh monk, Asser

What was the Danish influence upon the English language?

$$ the roots of the words were the same but the endings were different

Who conquered England in 1066?

$$ the Noman Duke William the Conqueror

What was the French influence on language?

$$ the French suffixes

What did the country-folk wrote in XII-XIII centuries, when monks wrote historical chronicles in Latin and the aristocracy wrote their poetry?

$$ ballads and songs in Anglo-Saxon

Who governed England in the 14th century?

$$ the Norman masters

When Edward III made war with France? And how was it called?

$$ in 1337. The” Hundred Year’s War.”

What caused the pestilence “Black Death”?

$$ the ruin of France and the famine

What is Langland famous for?

$$ “Piers Plowman”

How did Wyclif met the people’s demand?

$$ by translating the Bible

$$$142. Chaucer:

$$ cleared the way to realism

What does pilgrimage mean?

$$ traveling to sacred places

What was pilgrimage by Chaucer’s work?

$$ “ democratic institution”

What were the ideas of the Reformation?

$$ the winning in the war

Who taught people during the reign of Henry VIII?

$$ the foreign scholars

What language did More write?

$$ a most beautiful Latin

$$$148. Thomas More’s great work:

$$ “Utopia”

What were the two stages upon which developed the theatre?

$$ the Church and the markets

Why was More beheaded?

$$ he refused to obey the king

What did the English writings of More include?

$$ political discussions, poetry, biographies

What were the ideas of the Bourgeois Revolution in the XVII century?

$$ the formation of the republic

Who was the leader of the Independents?

$$ Oliver Cromwell

What did the Puritans wish?

$$ purifying the English Church from Catholic rites