Language Evalution By Cristiana Allred Period: 400 to 1137 Old English Era 410 Roman withdrawal from Britian 597 Anglo-Saxon pagan conversion to Christianity 700 Beowulf 1066 Norman Invasion Note: just before era cutoff but fits the transition. Period: 1150 to 1500 Middle English Era 1215 Signing of Magna Carta 1347 Black Death in Europe From 1347-1351 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1450 Invention of the printing press Marks transition into Modern era. 1492 Discovery of the Americans Period: 1500 to 2000 Modern English Era 1609 Galileo's telescope 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1776 American Revolution 1789 French Revolution 1939 World War 2 1939-1945 2000 Bridge between the past and the future
Note: just before era cutoff but fits the transition.
Marks transition into Modern era.