medieval ages
...me when art, literature, and science blossomed under the culture of Christianity. The Middle Ages was such a huge period of significant change that it was divided into three divisions of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Norman England, and Middle English Literature in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century (Abrams et. al. p.1). Throughout the Middle Ages the acknowledgement and satisfaction in English literature does not appear until the late fourteenth century causing most literature of this time period to be mostly oral with some of it recorded (Abrams et. al. p.2). During the Anglo-Saxon period a monk was sent as a missionary and was able to spread Christianity, marking the beginning of books. Then King Alfred, a passionate patron of literature, translated various works from Latin. His translations were primarily what were used in Old English poetry (Abrams et. al. p.4). Throughout the Old English period literacy was mainly limited to servants o...