Anglo-Normans (1066-1340)

Group Members

• Iqra Fayyaz (17111003)

• Ammar Hassan (17111007)
• Salma Shabir (17111014)
• Maryam Anwar (17111015)
• Tasmina Tariq (17111016)
• Saba Mahmood (17111019)
• Usman Rahmat (17111035)
Content

• Introduction of Normans
• William the Conqueror
• Literary Background
• Language
• Poetry
• Romance
• Prose
• Terms
Introduction

Who was the Normans.?

• Germanic tribes
• Normans came from northern France region called
Normandy
• Normans invaded England in 1066
• Because they wanted to have Norman king in
England after the Anglo-Saxon king died
• Normans quickly adopt French
• civilization.
William the Conqueror

• The first Norman king was William the Conqueror

• He won the Battle of Hastings in 1066 against the
Anglo-Saxons
Domesday Book
• William the Conqueror published the Domesday
Book
• This book tells us a lot about the people who lived in
England in the 11th century
Literary Background

• The Normans built wooden houses covered in

a mixture of mud, dung and straw, which kept
them warm in the winter
• Normans also built stone castles
• In arts, literature and architecture, they were
more advanced than the Anglo-Saxons
• Normans loved with Hunting
Culture

• They brought their culture with them

• They brought three things with them.
i. Roman civilization.
ii. Nationalism theme (the concept of courtly life
style and etiquette).
iii. Literature trait.
Language
• The official language of Normans was Latin
• They killed their languages (Anglo, Saxon
and Jutes) and make new as known Teutonic language.
1. Northumbrain language.
2. East and West mid-lands language.
3. Mercian
4. Kentish
Teutonic language
Teutonic language is a comprehensive term for a number of
languages most of which are still spoken at the present time,
namely English, Frisian, Dutch, Flemish etc.
Poetry

Their poetry was adventures(tails of love) and romantic.

Three types of poetry of Anglo-Normans, such as
Science
Divinity
Historical
Themes 0f Norman's poetry
(Nationalism)
Characteristics of Poetry

• Attraction to the lady, usually glance.

• Worship of religion.
• Renewed wooing with oaths of virtue.
• Moans of approaching death from unsatisfied
desire as love sickness.
• Heroic deeds of valor which win the lady's
heart.
• Endless adventures and subterfuges avoiding
detection.
Contributions of Authors in Poetry
• Layamon’s Brut (Brut mean dryness)
• Manying the Bruce (He was religious poet, he
worked on religious poetry).
• The owl and the nightingale.
• Robert Hampale
• Oru-Naalum(book)
Oru-Naalum (the book was unknown writer. It
was religious book in which religious changes
found in the Anglo-Normans).
Romance

They Work on Romance

• King Arthur
• Charlemagne
• Alexander the Great
Romance

• These romance about historical events such as a long

composition of romance sometimes in verse, sometimes in
prose, the life and adventures of a noble hero, sacrifice,
honesty, justice and spirituality.
• These romances are notable for their stories rather than their
poetry.
• These romances were mostly borrowed from Latin and French
sources.
• They deal with the stories of King Arthur, The War of Troy,
the mythical doings of Charlemagne and of Alexander the
Great.
Prose(Arran Nivalle)

Narratives about adventure and love. In the

Middle English period prose was included Bible
story, scene by scene, carried to its logical
conclusion, sacred history, the more important
matters of the Old Testament and life of Christ in
the New to the summoning of the quick and the
dead on the day of final judgment.
 Terms

• Antonomasia
It is a figure of speech in which some defining word or phrase is substituted
for a person's proper name.
• Example
“the Bard of Avon” for William Shakespeare.
• Antimasque
A comic or grotesque performance, as a dance, presented before or between
the acts of a masque.
• Example
Dramatic composition.
• Apostrophe
In literature, apostrophe is a figure of speech sometimes represented by
exclamation “O”. A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches
himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his
speech.
• Example
The boy’s bike is red.

• Aphorism
An aphorism is a brief sentence or phrase that expresses an opinion or makes
a statement of wisdom.
• Example
Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream. “Khalil
Gibran”
• Arcadia 
It is Greek word refers to a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature.
Arcadia is a poetic shaped space associated with bountiful natural splendor
and harmony.
• Example
The 'Garden' is often inhabited by shepherds.

• Archaism
Archaism is the derivative of the Greek word archaikos, which means
“beginning,” or “ancient.” It is a figure of speech in which a used phrase or
word is considered very old fashioned and outdated.
• Examples
Most probably contain words like “thine” and “thou.”
• Autobiography 
The autobiography is the story of one's life, written by that person.
Mostly, autobiographies are written in first-person point of view.
It is a focused account of a writer's life told from the writer's own point of
view.
• Example
My name is Michael Smith and I was born on the 30th of August in Long
Beach.

• Atmosphere 
It is defined as the area of air and gas enveloping objects in space, like stars
and planets, or the air around any location.
• Example
Atmosphere is the ozone and other layers which make up the Earth's sky as
we see it. It is the air and gases contained inside a greenhouse.
• Augustan
Relating to or denoting Latin literature of the reign of Augustus, including the
works of Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Livy.
Relating to or denoting 17th- and 18th-century English literature of a style
considered refined and classical, including the works of Pope, Addison,
and Swift.
• Example
‘poets of the Augustan age.

• Avantgarde 
In French, avant-garde means the “vanguard” or the “advance guard” —
basically the people and ideas that are ahead of their time. Usually it refers
to a movement in the arts.
• Example
Dadaism, or in politics, like anarchism.
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