Literature+of+the+Middle+Ages

1. (2) Theme: Romance, Drama, Mystery, miracle and Bible plays. 2. (2) Major Events:
 * Dark Ages
 * Beowolf was written down,
 * The [|Great Famine of 1315-1317] kills millions of people in [|Europe]
 * Being forced out of previous locations, the [|Aztec] found the city of [|Tenochtitlan] in [|1325]
 * The [|Hundred Years' War] begins when [|Edward III] of [|England] lays claim to the [|French] throne in [|1337].
 * [|Black Death] kills about one third of European population ([|1347] - [|1351])