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Period: 449 to 1066
Anglo-saxon Period
The main feature of this period is the invasions that Britain suffered, there were 5 in total:
1. Roman Invation 2.Anglo-Saxon Invation 3.Christian Invation 4.Viking Invation 5.Norman invation.
Anglo-Saxon invaders brought with them a tradition of oral literature. Poets, in this period, composed long songs calles EPICS that praised warriors´courage in the battle and loyalty to their leader. -
750
Beowulf
One such epic poem from the Anglo-Saxon oral tradition.
In this epic poem we narrate the feats of Beowulf, the strongest man who has trod the earth. Throughout the poem The poet narrates how the hero kills Grendel, the Grendel´s mother and finally a dragon. -
Period: 1066 to 1485
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages were greatly influenced by Christianity. This relegion in based on the teachings of Jesus, a mas whose followers believe to be the son of the God.
People from all social groups wanted to show their devotion to the Christian Church. One way they did this was through PILRIMAGES, or special journeys to holy sites such as churches or graves. -
1400
Geoffrey Chaucer´s Canterbury Tales.
The Canterbury Tales is a series of stories told by characters on such journey.
The pilgrims in Chaucer´s poem represent a wide variety of Middle Ages society, including Knights, nuns, lawyers, farmers, and cooks. -
1450
Horn Books
A hornbook is a book that serves as primer for study.
The term has been applied to a few different study materials in different fields. In children's education, in the years before modern educational materials were used, it referred to a leaf or page displaying the alphabet, religious materials, etc. -
Period: 1485 to
The English Renaissance
In 1400s, a cultural movement known as the Renaissance reached England.This movement marked the transition between the Middle Ages and modern times, it was characterized by a renewed interest in science, art, and classical learning of ancient Greece and Rome. In England: there were a bitter political and religious conflicts within the country and military threats from abroad. -
1530
Protestant Reformation
This movement questioned the authory of the Roman Catholic Church and the pope. In 1530 Henry VIII, the king of England, broke from the Catholic Church after the pope refused to let him divorce his wife.The king then formed the Protestant Church of England. Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VIII´ssecond daughter, was also know as a supporter of culture and the arts. Her reign saw the raise of humanism, the most noteworthy cultural movement of the Renaissance. -
Sonnet 116
Is one of the Shakespeare´s Sonnets, in this sonnet he explains what que thinks are the qualities of true love. A sonnet is a type of poem with a very strict form: 14 lines, a certain number of syllables per line, and specific rhyme pattern. -
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The Restoration
The 1640 were marked by religious and political tensions between King Charles I and the Puritans. The Puritans disagreed with the king about who should control the Church of England. The Puritans were also devoted supporters of Parliament, a group of representatives similar to today´s United States Congress. The tensions between the king and the Puritans and Parliament erupted into civil wars. Eventually Charles II, Charles I´s son reclaimed the throne. -
The Enlightenment or The Age of the Reason
Enlightenment thought emphasized reason, rational thinking, and order. One facet of the enlightenment, the scientific revolution, and marked a profound change in thinking of natural phenomenom as events with rational explanations rather than supernatural causes. Empirical observation and the concept of an orderly world, set up by God and run according to his laws of nature, governed philosophical thought as well as the technological development that lead to the industrial revolution. -
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The Romantic Period
Is a movement in art and thought. Romanticism grew from a profound change in the way people in the Western world perceived their place an purpose in life. Events such as American Revolution, French Recolution and the Industrial Revolution restructured society and the way individuals viewed themselves and their relationships to each other and to the social order. The romantics, embraced powerful physical experiences and emotional states. -
The Story of the Three Bears by Robert Southey
Southey´s "Three Bears" represents an interesting merger between education and fantasy for children. While the story teaches about the boundaries of private property, the humanized bears keep the story in the realm of the fairy tale. -
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The Victorian Age
Is a British period during wich Queen Victoria reigned. The industrial revolution continued into the Victorian Period. Technological advances improved many aspects of life for the Victorians: electric lights, transportation, and vaccines. Britain continued to expand its empire colonizing countries. -
Alice in Wonderland
It's a fantasy novel written by Lewis Carroll. It is a fantasy novel written po The story tells how a girl named Alice Falls through a hole, finding herself in a peculiar world, populated by humans and anthropomorphic creatures. The book plays with Logic, giving the novel great popularity in both children and adults. -
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The Modern Age
Modernism involved showing the world as the individual mind saw it, authors and artists believed that something could be seen and experienced from a variety of perspectives and that there was not just one accepted "reality". Modernist authors developed highly individual forms of writing that explored the free-following structure of dreams and thought. -
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
It is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter in which the protagonist, the young, naughty and disobedient Peter Rabbit, is pursued in the garden of Mr. McGregor. Peter flees and goes home to his mother, who puts him to bed after serving an infusion of chamomile. Potter wrote the story in 1893 for Noel Moore, the son of his former governess, Annie Carter Moore, when he was five years old.
