ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle Ages, or Medieval Times, in Europe was a long period of history from 500 AD to 1500 AD. That’s 1000 years! It covers the time from the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the Ottoman Empire. This was a time of castles and peasants, guilds and monasteries, cathedrals and crusades.

Detailed explanation-2: -The medieval era, often called The Middle Ages or the Dark Ages, began around 476 A.D. following a great loss of power throughout Europe by the Roman Emperor. The Middle Ages span roughly 1, 000 years, ending between 1400 and 1450.

Detailed explanation-3: -Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (encompassing the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of the Florentine Renaissance in the late 15th century).

Detailed explanation-4: -A few examples, such as the Old English Beowulf, the Middle High German Nibelungenlied, the Medieval Greek Digenis Acritas, the Old East Slavic Tale of Igor’s Campaign, and the Old French Chanson de Roland, are well known to this day.