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1914 BCE
the Modern Period (1914-1945 CE)
The large cultural wave of Modernism, which gradually emerged in Europe and the United States in the early years of the 20th century, expressed a sense of modern life through art as a sharp break from the past, as well as from Western civilization's classical traditions. Modern life seemed radically different from traditional life more scientific, faster, more technological, and more mechanized. Modernism embraced these changes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ndM1J_pf78 -
1832 BCE
The Victorian Period and the 19th Century (1832-1901 CE)
Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901, and her reign corresponds roughly to what is called the Victorian Period. In cultural history this period follows after the Romantic Period and it comes before the Edwardian Period. More precisely the start of the period is considered to be 1832 when the Reform Bill was passed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NHIVFNGQX8 -
1790 BCE
The Romantic Period (1790-1830 CE)
Also known as Romanticism, started In Western Europe in the late 18th Century and lasted until the 19th. It was a change in thought process that went from reason and science to imagination and respect for nature. This was expressed through arts, literature, poetry, music, and painting. -
1790 BCE
The Age of Johnson (1750-1790)
Dr. Samuel Johnson is the representative writer of the second half of the eighteenth century, the age under discussion is better known as a transitional period, an era of change from pseudo-classicism to romanticism. The decline of party spirit and the democratic upsurge exercised great influence both on life and literature. -
1750 BCE
The Augustan Age (1700-1750)
This period is marked by the imitation of Virgil and Horace's literature in English letters. The principal English writers include Addison, Steele, Swift, and Alexander Pope. Abroad, Voltaire was the dominant French writer. -
1700 BCE
Restoration Period (1660-1700)
This period marks the British king's restoration to the throne after a long period of Puritan domination in England. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLpeUJt7aVE -
1660 BCE
Commonwealth Period/Puritan Interregnum (1649-1660)
The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. -
1660 BCE
The Enlightenment (Neoclassical) Period (1660-1790 CE)
"Neoclassical" refers to the increased influence of Classical literature upon these centuries. The Neoclassical Period is also called the "Enlightenment" due to the increased reverence for logic and disdain for superstition. The period is marked by the rise of Deism, intellectual backlash against earlier Puritanism, and America's revolution against England. -
1649 BCE
Caroline Age (1625-1649)
John Milton, George Herbert, Robert Herrick, the "Sons of Ben" and others wrote during the reign of Charles I and his Cavaliers. -
1625 BCE
Jacobean Period(1603-1625)
The Jacobean era was the time when James VI was King of England. James I ruled between 1603 and 1625 and the time is called the 'Jacobean' era because Jacobus is the Latin version of the name 'James.'
Jacobean art and culture was heavily influenced by the art and culture of the Elizabethan era. It was also influenced by ancient Greece and Rome.
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1603 BCE
Elizabethan Period (1558-1603)
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia (a female personification of Great Britain) was first used in 1572, and often thereafter, to mark the Elizabethan age as a renaissance that inspired national pride through classical ideals, international expansion, and naval triumph over Spain. -
1558 BCE
Early Tudor Period (1485-1558)
The War of the Roses ended in England with Henry Tudor (Henry VII) claiming the throne. Martin Luther's split with Rome marks the emergence of Protestantism, followed by Henry VIII's Anglican schism, which created the first Protestant church in England. Edmund Spenser is a sample poet. https://youtu.be/4TIrgZ6taD4 -
1485 BCE
The Renaissance and Reformation (1485-1660 CE)
The Renaissance took place in the late 15th, 16th, and early 17th century in Britain, but somewhat earlier in Italy and southern Europe and somewhat later in northern Europe. -
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1200 BCE
I. HOMERIC or HEROIC PERIOD
(1200-800 BCE) Greek legends were passed along orally, including Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. This is a chaotic period of warrior-princes, wandering sea-traders, and fierce pirates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLU6_tS3Q3I -
1066 BCE
THE OLD ENGLISH (ANGLO-SAXON) PERIOD (428-1066 CE)
The so-called "Dark Ages" (455 CE -799 CE) occured after Rome fell and barbarian tribes moved into Europe. Franks, Ostrogoths, Lombards, and Goths settled in the ruins of Europe, and the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrated to Britain displacing native Celts into Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Early Old English poems such as Beowulf, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer originated sometime late in the Anglo-Saxon period. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIqleCLH3kA -
800 BCE
CLASSICAL GREEK PERIOD
These periods are spans of time in which literature shared intellectual, linguistic, religious, and artistic influences. The fifth century (499-400 BCE) in particular is renowned as The Golden Age of Greece. This is the sophisticated period of the polis, or individual City-State, and early democracy. Some of the world's finest art, poetry, drama, architecture, and philosophy originate in Athens. -
455 BCE
CLASSICAL ROMAN PERIOD (200 BCE-455 CE)
Greece's culture gives way to Roman power when Rome
conquers Greece in 146 CE.
The Roman Republic was traditionally founded in 509 BCE, but it is limited in size until later. Playwrights of this time include Plautus and Terence. After nearly 500 years as a Republic, Rome slides
into dictatorship under Julius Caesar and finally into a monarchial empire under Caesar Augustus in 27 CE. This
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455 BCE
PATRISTIC PERIOD (c. 70 CE-455 CE)
Early Christian writers include Saint Augustine, Tertullian, Saint Cyprian, Saint Ambrose and Saint Jerome. This is the period when Saint Jerome first compiled the Bible, Christianity spread across Europe, and the Roman Empire suffered its dying convulsions. In this period, barbarians attacked Rome in 410 CE, and the city finally fell to them completely in 455 CE. https://youtu.be/Adybat_So_4 -
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The Postmodern Period (1945 - onward)
Post Modern Era 1945-Present. The term was applied to a whole host of movements, many in art, music, and literature, that reacted against modernism, and are typically marked by revival of traditional elements and techniques. Post-modernism literally means 'after the modernist movement'.
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