British Literature and History

By Pau_deLeon
  • 300

    Anglo-Saxon

    Anglo-Saxon
    300 BC: Celts in Britain
  • Period: 300 to Dec 25, 1066

    Anglo Saxon Period

  • Dec 24, 878

    Roman Occupation and Norman Invasion

    55 AD-AD 409: Roman Ocupation AD 400-699: Spread of Christianity AD 449: Anglo-Saxon Invasion AD 878: King Alfred and the Danes AD 1066: Norman Invasion www.slideshare.net
  • Dec 24, 1066

    MIDDLE AGE

    Tradin increases (Crusades)
    William the Conqueror is King in 1066.
  • Period: Dec 24, 1066 to Dec 25, 1485

    The Middle Age Period

    Tradin increases (Crusades)
  • Dec 24, 1154

    Middle Age

    Henry II crowned king in 1154, he brings judicial sustem, royal courts and chivalric code (http://www.medieval-spell.com/Medieval-Code-of-Chivalry.html)
    Black Death. (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
  • Period: Dec 24, 1454 to Dec 25, 1516

    Renaissance Period

    1454-1455: Gutenberg Bible hits the (first) presses.
    1513: Niccolò Machiavelli's
    1516: Thomas More's Utopia

  • Renaissance Writers

    William Shakespeare
    Thomas Wyatt
    Ben Johnson
    Cavalier poets
  • Period: to

    Neoclassical Period

    Emphasis on Reason and Logic.

  • Neoclassical Period

    50% of males are literate
    Coffee housesFenced enclosures of land cause traditional village life
    Factories begin to spring up
    Farms decline and factories build

  • Genres in Neoclassical Period

    Satire
    Poetry
    Essays
    Letters, Diaries, Biographies
    Novels

  • Neoclassical Period (1660-1798)

    Neoclassical Period (1660-1798)
    Emphasis in Reason and Logic
    Stresses Harmony, stability, wisdom
    Alexander Pope write "The Rape of the Locke"
    A social contract exists between the Government and the people. The Government govern guaranteeing "Natural Rights" (Life, Liberty, and Property)
    Exist Literature Genres:
  • Period: to

    Romantic Period

    Napoleón rises the power of France against England military and economically.

  • Romantic period

    The age of enlightenment.
    Human Knowledge consists of impressions and ideas formed in the individuals minds.
    Introduction of the Gothic Elements: Combination of Furor, Love, Mystery Stories and Novels.
    Industrial Revolution= Factory Environments.
    Evil attribute to society not to human nature.
    Authors and novelists: Jane Austen
    Mary Shelly*

  • Romantic Period

    Movements of protest.
    Children victims of poverty, are exploitand.
    Humans beings are basically good.