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Period: 43 to 409
ROMAN OCCUPIES BRITAIN
arriving of :
READING
WRITING
CHRISTIANITY -
400
ANGLO-SAXON INVASION
BEGINING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE -
597
CHRISTANISATION OF THE NEW "INVADERS"
the invaders have settled and christianity was easly accepted by ruling families but not by the people -
600
BEGINING OF WRITEN PEOTRY
Writtens by Anglo-Saxon monks after the christianization of the contry, inspired by oral poetry of the germanic invaders. -
663
ROMAN CHURCH TAKES OVER CELTIC CHURCH
The church was divided into the roman church (which was looking for authority) and the celtic church which converted the people by teaching christianity into village (and was more interested in the hearts of ordinary poeple) but at Synod (meeting) the roman church was chosen and the celtic cherch retreated -
Period: 700 to 800
VIKINGS COME AND GO OR SETTLE
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Period: 800 to 1154
ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE
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Period: 900 to 1000
DANISH INVASION
One of their king become king of England, he develloped trading between continents -
1000
NORMAN INVASION
radical turns in politics and cuture -
1230
ANCRENE WISSE
Book for young girls who wish to become anchoresse. Most remarquable PROSE between King Alfred work and Malory -
1300
RELIGIOUS PROSE IS NOT ONLY DIDACTIC
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1500
RE-EMREGENCE OF ENGLISH HISTORICAL PROSE
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MIGRATIONS FROM BRITAINS COLONY