Periods in English Literature. By stellavol 1500 BCE The Elizabethan Period 1500-1600 important works: The new atlantis Doctor Faust Macbeth 1100 BCE The Middle English Period 1066 AD-1500 Important works: Lazamon The Canterbury tales 450 The old English 450 AD-1066 AD Important works: Beowulf Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Period: 450 to 1600 BCE Periods in the English Literature