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Period: 400 to
English History
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450
Invading Germanic Tribes
Entered what is now Britian -
975
Beowulf's Writing
epic poem composed in Old English consisting of 3,182 lines. -
1066
Norman Invasion
military conquest of England by William, duke of Normandy, primarily effected by his decisive victory at the Battle of Hastings -
1066
William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy
Changed how upper class spoke compared to lower class -
1387
Canterbury's Tales
collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English -
1440
Printing press
mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium -
1492
America Discovered
There was limited contact between North American peoples and the outside world before 1492. when discovered -
Renaissance of classical learning
British had contact with many peoples from around the world.
Books became cheaper and more people learned to read. Printing also brought standardization to English. Spelling and grammar became fixed -
Shakespeare's first folio
Shakespeare wrote around 37 plays, 36 of which are contained in the First Folio. -
American Revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America.
