Old english

THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD AND THE MIDDLE ENGLISH 449 - 1500

  • Angle, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians
    449

    Angle, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians

    They began to occupay Great Britain. It is a major population of English speakers.
  • Period: 449 to 1100

    THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD 449-1100

    It is known as Pre-Old English after English separated from their Germanic cousins
  • Saint Augustine of Canterbury
    597

    Saint Augustine of Canterbury

    He arrived in England to begin the conversion of English by batztizing.
  • The Synod of Whitby
    664

    The Synod of Whitby

    The English culture was linked with maintream Europe-
  • Ecclesiastical History of the English People
    730

    Ecclesiastical History of the English People

    It was produced by The Venerable Bede recording the early history of these people
  • The Scandinavian Invasion
    787

    The Scandinavian Invasion

    It was begun with raids along the northeast seacoast.
  • The Conquer of England
    865

    The Conquer of England

    The Scandinavian occupied northeastern Britain.
  • The First Ethelred
    870

    The First Ethelred

    They attacked Wessex.
  • Alfred king of Wessex
    871

    Alfred king of Wessex

    he regned until his death in 899. He retook the city of London establishing the Danelaw.
  • AElfric, the homilistic and grammarian
    987

    AElfric, the homilistic and grammarian

    He became the majhor prose writer of the Old English Period and of its Benedictine Revival and produced the prose style.
  • Olaf Tryggvason
    991

    Olaf Tryggvason

    They invaded England and the English.
  • The First English poem
    991

    The First English poem

    it was celebrated after the Battle of Maldon.
  • Beowulf
    1000

    Beowulf

    The Manuscript of the Old English epic it was written.
  • A Danish dynasty
    1016

    A Danish dynasty

    Canute became king of England and established in Britain.
  • The Danish dynasty ended
    1042

    The Danish dynasty ended

    It was ended with the death of King Hardicanute and Edward the Confessor.
  • The Conquered of England
    1066

    The Conquered of England

    The Normands conquered them and replaced the native English nobility will Anglo-Normands and introducing French of govenment in England.
  • Edward the Confessor died, William was crowned king of England
    Dec 25, 1066

    Edward the Confessor died, William was crowned king of England

    He died and was succeeded by Harold last of the Anglo-Saxon kings who died at the Battle.
  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    The Middle English 1100-1500

    The Language English was particularly changes and pronunciation, It also marked the transition between Old English and Modern English.
  • King John lost Normandy
    1204

    King John lost Normandy

    The beginning of the ties between England and the Continent
  • King Henry III
    1258

    King Henry III

    The first English Language royal proclamation since the Conquest . The provision was accepted to Oxford and the beginning of the growth of the English constitution and parliament.
  • English Nationalism
    1337

    English Nationalism

    The Hundred Years, War began and lasted until 1443
  • The Black Death
    1348

    The Black Death

    It was killed an estimated one-third of English population and continued to plaguethe country.
  • The Statue of Pleadings
    1362

    The Statue of Pleadings

    It eas enacted, requiring all court proceedings to be conducted in English.
  • The first rebellion of working
    1381

    The first rebellion of working

    The Peasants´Revolt led by War Tyler due people were againts their exploitation.
  • John Wycliffe died-Bible
    1384

    John Wycliffe died-Bible

    He promoted the first complete translation of scripture into the English Language.
  • Geoffrey Chaucer died
    1400

    Geoffrey Chaucer died

    He died and he was having produced a highly influential boy of English poetry.
  • The Chancery Office
    1430

    The Chancery Office

    legal records were deposited and was recording from East Midland English and was written in a standard of English.
  • The War ended
    1453

    The War ended

    The Hundred Year´s War was lasted until that year
  • William Caxton
    1476

    William Caxton

    He brough the printing to England, he also promoted literacy.
  • Henry Tudor King
    1485

    Henry Tudor King

    He became king of England ending thirty years of civil strife called the War of the Roses and he introduced 118 years of the Tudor Dinasty.
  • John Cabot
    1497

    John Cabot

    He sailed to Nova Scotia for an expansion of territorial overseas.