English literature of the 14th c.

"Black death" - 1340 “When Adam delv'd and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?”

1381 - Watt Tyler, Jack Straw, John Ball lollards

Richard Rolle of Hampole, (about 1300-1349): “The boke Maad of Rycharde Hampole to an ankeresse”

William Ockham (died about 1349):

“Disputatio super potestate Ecclesiastica”

John Wycliffe (born about 1320)

“A Hundred Years’ War” (1337-1453) 1399 (Henry IV)

ALLEGORIC DIDACTIC POETRY of the 14^th c.

William Langland (born about 1332):

The Vision of William Concerning Vision of Piers the Plowman

Pierce the Plowman's Сrede

The Plowman's Tale

ALLITERATIVE ROMANCES OF the 14^th c.

Edward III (1327-1377) The Order of Garter

“Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight” – 70s of the 14^th c.

Clannesse Pacyence Pearl Roman de Rose

GOWER

John Gower (1330-1408) - medieval realism:

Vox clamantis Mirour de l’Omme Confessio Amantis

CHAUCER

Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) rime royale

French, Italian and English periods of creative work:

Book of the Duchess (1369),

House of Fame, Parliament of Fowles (80s), Troilus and Criseyde (1385),

The Legend of Good Women (1386), The Canterbury Tales (1386-1389)

ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE 15^th C.

Henry IV (1399-1413) Henry V (1413-1422) Henry VI (1422-1461)

The War of Roses (1455-1485) Henry VII Tudor battle at Agincourtе (1415)

the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485)

ENGLISH PROSE OF THE 15^th C.

William Caxton (1421-1491) Bruges first typography in England (1476-1477):

"Sayings of the Philosophers", 1477; "Story about Jason and the Golden Fleece";

“Life of Carl the Great” (1485); “Paris and Vienna” (1488); “Morte d’Arthur” by Malory (1485), “The Right Plesaunt and Goodly Historye of the Foure Sonnes of Aymon” (1489), etc.

Reginald Pecock (1395-1460): “The Represser of Overmuch Blaming of the Clergie”

John Capgrave (1393-1464): “In regum” or "Book on Noble Henrys"; “Chronicle of England”

John Fortescue (1395-1476): "On Nature of Natural Law"; "The Praise of English Law", 1470; “The Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy”; “The Governance of England”

Epistolary prose prosaic romance “The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, Knight”

Sir Thomas Malory: “Morte d'Arthur” (printed 1485 by W.Caxton)

English Chaucer’s successors:

Thomas Hoccleve (1368?-1450?): "Letter of Cupid”, (ab.1402); "La Male Regle" (Bad Behaviour)(1406); “The Regement of Princes”, (1411-1412, 5463 verses); "The Art of Death" (Ars moriendi)

John Lydgate (1370?-1450?): “The Deserts of Theevish Millers and Bakers”; “The Ballad of Jack Hare”; “A Ballad wherin the Author Enumerateth Many Sorts of Fools, and Feigneth a Couvent of Fraternity of 63 Such”; "The Death Dance"; “Ballad on the Forked Head-Dresses of Ladies”; “A Satirical Description of His Lady”; “Advice to an Old Gentleman Who Wished for a Young Wife”; “The Complaint of the Black Knight”; “Troy Book”; “Siege of Thebes”; “Fall of Princes”, etc.