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| NBB AN128 K1 History of English Literature 1. DP (1) From Anglo-Saxon to Renaissance: an Overview of English History and Literature. Contexts for Medieval and Renaissance literature A concise list of important dates: 800-100 BC: Celts Romans: 55-54 BC: Caesar’s campaign; 43 AD: Roman conquest begins > province of the Roman Empire; 410: end of Roman rule 449: Anglo-Saxon invasion begins the end of the 8th century: Viking raids; 1016: Cnut: the first King of all England 1066: Battle of Hastings, Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror; the beginning of a new period 1215: Magna Carta 1295: First Complete Parliament 1337-1453: The Hundred Years’ War 1455-1485: Wars of the Roses 1485: accession of Henry VII – Tudor Dynasty 1558-1603: Elizabeth I – the Golden Age of England 1603: James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England – the Stuarts Overview of literary periods: 5th century–1066: Anglo-Saxon or Old English period. The beginnings of literacy in Latin and in English; it is an oral tradition which is written down by servants of the Church 1066: beginning of Middle English period. The proper medieval tradition; 14th century: a revival of interest in English > Middle English Literature 16th century: English Renaissance, belated but of great significance Contexts for Medieval and Renaissance Literature Middle Ages: 18th century term, often derogatory, implying transition between two great periods – Classical and Modern. BUT: Christian Europe, gradual change, great achievements (e.g. architecture) in spite of the generally held view of a ‘dark’ period Renaissance: the beginning of the Modern or the culmination of the Middle Ages? The present-day usage of the word dates only from the 19th century. Not so much opposition but rather development and continuity with shifts in emphasis
Anglo-Saxon Literature – Pagan and/or Christian ca. 449-1066: Anglo-Saxon Period /Old English/. Invasion of Britain by related tribes of Germanic people – Angles, Saxons, Jutes; pagan and illiterate people, oral culture. Christianity from the 7th century on > literacy in Latin and in English only after this but mainly for the clergy Anglo-Saxon Literature: from about the 8th century onwards; perhaps the richest literary heritage of early medieval Europe. Types: heroic and religious poetry; prose
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