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Period: 450 to Oct 14, 1066
Old English (Anglo Saxon)
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Sep 1, 670
Major Work- Caedmon's Hymn By Caedmon
Caedmon's Hymn By Caedmon is a short Old English poem originally composed by Cædmon, in honour of God the Creator. It survives in a Latin translation by Bede in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum and in vernacular versions written down in several manuscripts of Bede's Historia. -
Mar 15, 700
Characteristics of this period
Old English poetry included long epic heroic poems, which drew on the Bible as well as on pagan sources for their content. Some poetry was also based on historical events. -
Oct 14, 1066
Major Event- Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II, beginning the Norman conquest of England. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-hastings -
Period: Oct 15, 1066 to Dec 31, 1485
Middle English
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Mar 26, 1150
Characteristics of this period
The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the 12th century until the 1470s. During this time the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English became widespread and the printing press regularized the language. There are three main categories of Middle English Literature: Religious, Courtly love, and Arthurian, though much of Geoffrey Chaucer's work stands outside these. -
Sep 1, 1295
Major Event- Marco Polo releases his tales of China
Marco Polo was not the first European to reach China, but he was the first to leave a detailed chronicle of his experience. There is a substantial literature based on Polo's writings. -
Mar 25, 1317
Major Work- Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri
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Mar 25, 1393
Major Work- Piers Plowman by William Langland
Piers Plowman or Visio Willelmi de Piers Plowman is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland. It is written in unrhymed alliterative verse divided into sections called "passus". http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-life/medieval-literature.htm -
Mar 25, 1484
Major Event- End of the War of Roses
The beginning of the English Renaissance is often taken, as a convenience, to be 1485, when the Battle of Bosworth ended the Wars of the Roses and inaugurated the Tudor Dynasty. Renaissance style and ideas, however, were slow to penetrate England, and the Elizabethan era in the second half of the 16th century is usually regarded as the height of the English Renaissance. -
Period: Jan 1, 1485 to
Renaissance
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Oct 31, 1517
Major Event- Martin Luther posts his 95 theses
The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences were written by Martin Luther in 1517 and are widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. The disputation protests against clerical abuses, especially nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and the sale of indulgences. -
Mar 26, 1540
Characteristics of this time period
The movement actually began in Italy and spread to England, and the English Renaissance occurred from 1500-1688. Characteristics of the Renaissance was the idea of the 'Divine Right' of kings to rule. Another was the development of humanistic ideas, such as the 'dignity of man.' It was a time of scientific inquiry and exploration. This was also the time of the Protestant Reformation, and the invention of the printing press.
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Major Work- Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of DOCTOR Faustus, commonly referred to simply as DOCTOR Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlowe, based on the German story Faust, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power, experience, pleasure and knowledge. http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/renaissance-literature -
Major Work- Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. -
Major Work- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is instructed to enact on his uncle Claudius. Claudius had murdered his own brother, Hamlet's father King Hamlet, and subsequently seized the throne, marrying his deceased brother's widow, Hamlet's mother Gertrude. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet -
Major Event- Charles II restored monarchy in England
n 1660 the monarchy was restored the kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland in the person of Charles II. The period that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms was officially declared an Interregnum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_%281660%29 -
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Major Work- Beowulf
Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines. It is possibly the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. -
Major Work- Vercelli Book
he Vercelli Book is one of the oldest of the four Old English Poetic Codices. It is an anthology of Old English prose and verse that dates back to the late 10th century. The manuscript is housed in the Capitulary Library of Vercelli, in northern Italy. <ahref='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/188217/English-literature' >.</a>
