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Beowulf, the first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons
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Beowulf, the first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons.
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William of Ockham advocates paring down arguments to their essentials, an approach later known as Ockham's Razor
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William of Ockham advocates paring down arguments to their essentials, an approach later known as Ockham's Razor.
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The first version of the English prayer book, or Book of Common Prayer, is published with text by Thomas Cranmer
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The first version of the English prayer book, or Book of Common Prayer, is published with text by Thomas Cranmer
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William Shakespeare dies at New Place, his home in Stratford-upon-Avon, and is buried in Holy Trinity Church
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Virginia Woolf publishes her novel Mrs Dalloway, in which the action is limited to a single day
