What is most likely the author’s reason for including excerpts from poetry, ballads, and songs?
Answer choices for the above question

A. To provide contextual sources that show the beliefs and cultural activities of the time period

B. To create a document that supports an intellectual framework for future classroom instruction

C. To show that people during the Middle Ages were more literate and scholarly than the are in today’s culture

D. To identify familiar leaders of famous battles that occurred in Britain