ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Theological works were the dominant form of literature typically found in libraries during the Middle Ages. Catholic clerics were the intellectual center of society in the Middle Ages, and it is their literature that was produced in the greatest quantity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Medieval literature is defined broadly as any work written in Latin or the vernacular between c. 476-1500, including philosophy, religious treatises, legal texts, as well as works of the imagination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Literature in the Medieval Period Much of the early literature of this period consists of sermons, prayers, lives of saints, and homilies. In secular medieval literature, the figure of King Arthur, an ancient British hero, attracted the attention and imagination of these early writers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The medieval literature was written with a purpose to teach Christian dogmas to the masses. The prose and poetry of the time meant to show men the ugliness of sin and the beauty of goodness.

Detailed explanation-5: -These were mainly religious works, meant to familiarise the people, who were ignorant of Latin or French, with the stories of the Bible, lives of saints, prayers homilies, sermons, etc., formed the vast mass of this religious literature.