For this assignment, you will conduct research on one of two very important medieval institutions: the church or the royal court.
One of the reasons we read old books is to learn about what life was like in a different time. Knowing about history can illuminate the texts we read, and the texts we read can give us a new perspective on the past. The first part of this course focused on the medieval period, a time quite removed from our lives in 2022. This assignment aims to give you historical perspective, deepen your understanding of the assigned texts, and fulfill our state-mandated learning outcomes involving research and tracing the development of the English literary tradition. The premise of this assignment is that literature and history go hand-in-hand, are mutually reinforcing, and are fruitful sites for inquiry.
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Requirements:
- MLA formatting
- Proper in-text citations
- Works Cited page
- Text evidence from both academic sources and selected texts
- Edited for grammar and clarity
- At least 800 words
