english litterature

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  • Period: 43 to 409

    ROMAN OCCUPIES BRITAIN

    arriving of :
    READING
    WRITING
    CHRISTIANITY
  • 400

    ANGLO-SAXON INVASION

    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

  • Period: 800 to 1154

    ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE

  • 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

  • 1500

    RE-EMREGENCE OF ENGLISH HISTORICAL PROSE

  • MIGRATIONS FROM BRITAINS COLONY