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(858-1100) Anglo Saxon Norman Conquest (A landmark)
Harold hurried south and the two armies fought at the Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066). The Normans won, Harold was killed, and William became king. This brought an end to Anglo-Saxon and Viking rule. A new age of Norman rule in England had started -
1100
Middle Ages (1100-1500)
The Middle Ages. The period of European history extending from about 500 to 1400–1500 ce is traditionally known as the Middle Ages. The term was first used by 15th-century scholars to designate the period between their own time and the fall of the Western Roman Empire. -
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Renaissance (1500-1660)
In a tradition of literature remarkable for its exacting and brilliant achievements, the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods have been said to represent the most brilliant century of all. (The reign of Elizabeth I began in 1558 and ended with her death in 1603; she was succeeded by the Stuart king James VI of Scotland, who took the title James I of England as well. -
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Elizabethan Era (1558-1603)
period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) In Elizabethan theater, William Shakespeare, among others, composed and staged plays in a variety of settings that broke away from England's past style of plays. It was an age of expansion and exploration abroad, while at home the Protestant Reformation was established and successfully defended against the Catholic powers of the Continent. -
Jacobian Era (1603-1625)
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. -
Caroline Era (1625-1649)
The King asks parliament for taxation. parliament would not agree to taxation, so King Charles tried to run the country without parliament. 1641 Charles tried to arrest Parliament for taxes on _____. Parliament raises an army and went to war on King and his army. That war ends and another begins. Charles is finally defeated in 1649. He was beheaded in 1649. -
• Restoration Age (1660-1700)
In English literature the period from 1660 to 1700 is called the period of Restoration, because monarchy was restored in England, and Charles II, the son of Charles I who had been defeated and beheaded, came back to England from his exile in France and became the King. -
• Paradise Lost (1667)
his is the first edition of Paradise Lost, published in 1667 in ten books. This Wikisource edition was based on an 1877 facsimile of the first edition. The facsimile included an introduction by David Masson, which is included in this Wikisource edition. -
Neo-Classical Age (1660-1798)
The Neoclassical Period (1660---1798) The eighteenth-century England is also known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason. -
19th Century Literature
Definition of Romanticism Romanticism (also the Romantic era or the Romantic period) is an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 to 1850. -
• Victorian Age (1837-1901)
the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardian period, and its later half overlaps with the first part of the Belle Époque era of Continental Europe. -
The Edwardian era
The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history spanned the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes extended to the start of the First World War. The death of Queen Victoria in January 1901 marked the end of the Victorian era. -
English Literature Since 1901
, it was the devastatingly destructive power of the new machine age that was demonstrated in the ‘Great War’, the cataclysmic event which cuts this period in two, and which cut down the male youth of almost a complete generation. Suddenly, the Edwardian age (let alone the Victorian) became another world, and it is all too easy to read Ensor's final word above as ‘futility’ – the title also of a famous war poem by Wilfred Owen. -
Post Modernism (1940-21st Century)
In the Post-Modern era art is all encompassing and difficult to define. Postmodernism is a rejection of the modernist ideals of autonomous individuality. Postmodern art is more concerned with the collective experience than with the artist’s personal motive to make art. Postmodern art encourages the active participation of the viewer. In the postmodern era there are no boundaries and separate disciplines. Music, sculpture, painting, film, and theatre can all co-exist and combine.
