What is Middle English literature?
'''Middle English literature''' are to the [[texts]] written in the form of the [[English language]] known as [[Middle English]], from the late 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the [[Chancery Standard]], a form of [[London]]-based English extended throughout the country and the [[printing press]] regularized the language. Between the 1470s and the middle of the following century there was a change to [[early Modern English]]. The features of the books written did not change totally until the effects of the [[English Renaissance|Renaissance]] and [[Reformed Christianity]] became more obvious in the rule of King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. There are three main categories of Middle English literature, [[religious]], [[courtly love]], and [[Arthurian literature|Arthurian]]. However much of [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]'s work stands outside these. {{lit-stub}} {{English literature}} [[Category:Middle English literature| ]]