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Period: 450 to 1066
Old English
Influenced by and Angles and the Saxons. Most literature at this time was oral -
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Period: 1066 to 1500
Middle English
Huge transition period in language. Much of the writing was religious in nature. -
Period: 1500 to
The Renaissance
Divided into 4 different ages, the Elizabethan Age (1558–1603), the Jacobean Age (1603–1625), the Caroline Age (1625–1649), and the Commonwealth Period (1649–1660) -
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The Neoclassical Period
Divided into 3 ages, The Restoration (1660–1700), The Augustan Age (1700–1745), and The Age of Sensibility (1745–1785) -
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The Romantic Period
Dates are debated however the Romantic period ended with Queen Victoria.
