HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

  • 567

    NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE.

    NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE.
    The Book of Common Prayer and the New Testament are published in Welsh, to be followed by the complete Bible in 1588.
    The Bible is a set of canonical books that in Judaism and Christianity are considered products of divine inspiration and a reflection or record of the relationship between God and humanity.
  • 731

    SAINT BEDA THE VENERABLE

    SAINT BEDA THE VENERABLE
    Historian and doctor. De la iglesia, was born in 672 or 673 and died in 735. In the last chapter of his great work on the "ecclesiastical history of the english people", beda
  • 800

    BEOWULF, THE FIRST GREAT WORK OF GERMANIC LITERATURE, MINGLES THE LEGENDS OF SCANDINAVIA WITH THE EXPERIENCE IN ENGLAND OF ANGLES AND SAXONS

    BEOWULF, THE FIRST GREAT WORK OF GERMANIC LITERATURE, MINGLES THE LEGENDS OF SCANDINAVIA WITH THE EXPERIENCE IN ENGLAND OF ANGLES AND SAXONS
    Anglos, Saxons and Jutos were three of the Germanic peoples that, in the first years of the 5th century, began to cross the borders of the Rhine and Danube rivers to occupy - and eventually conquer - territories of the dying Roman Empire. Together with the Swabian groups, Vandals, Goths, Franks, Burgundians, Thuringians, Alamani, Lombards and others spread throughout Europe.
  • 950

    THE MATERIAL OF THE EDDAS, TAKING SHAPE IN ICELAND, DERIVES FROM EARLIER SOURCES IN NORWAY, BRITAIN AND BURGUNDY

    THE MATERIAL OF THE EDDAS, TAKING SHAPE IN ICELAND, DERIVES FROM EARLIER SOURCES IN NORWAY, BRITAIN AND BURGUNDY
    The prosaic Edda, known also contains many mythological stories. Its purpose was to allow Icelandic poets and readers to understand the subtlety of the alliterative verse
  • 1300

    DUNS SCOTUS, KNOWN AS THE SUBTLE DOCTOR IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, LATER PROVIDES HUMANISTS WITH THE NAME DUNSMAN OR DUNCE.

    DUNS SCOTUS, KNOWN AS THE SUBTLE DOCTOR IN MEDIEVAL TIMES, LATER PROVIDES HUMANISTS WITH THE NAME DUNSMAN OR DUNCE.
    For Duns Scotus, theology and philosophy are distinct and separate disciplines; However, they complement each other, because theology uses philosophy as a tool. In his opinion, the primary interest of theology is God, considered from the point of view of His own nature, while philosophy appeals only to God to the extent that He is the first cause of things. When considering the nature of theology as a science, however, Duns Scotus.
  • 1367

    A NARRATOR WHO CALLS HIMSELF WILL, AND WHOSE NAME MAY BE LANGLAND, BEGINS THE EPIC POEM OF PIERS PLOWMAN

    A NARRATOR WHO CALLS HIMSELF WILL, AND WHOSE NAME MAY BE LANGLAND, BEGINS THE EPIC POEM OF PIERS PLOWMAN
    William Langland (h. 1330-h. 1387). It is one of the main exponents of the allitera resurgence (1360-87) and written without in uences of the connnental poetry (ie without rhyme, or stanzas). It is divided into sections that the author calls Passus, and in two parts, Visio and Vita. The poem takes the form of a dream, or ten dreams, two of them inside of another dream, interspersed in which the narrator (Will) awakens. The visions raise the search for a series of theological answers.
  • 1385

    Chaucer completes Troilus and Criseyde, his long poem about a legendary love affair in ancient Troy

    Chaucer completes Troilus and Criseyde, his long poem about a legendary love affair in ancient Troy
    Troilo fell in love with Criseida, whose father had defected. from the Greek side. Criseida promised her love, but when she is sent by her father to a hostage exchange, her feelings soon change towards the Greek hero. After the seventeenth century, Troilo lost importance as a literary character. However, it has reappeared in versions of the Trojan War written in the 20th and 21st centuries.
  • 1387

    Chaucer begins an ambitious scheme for 100 Canterbury Tales, of which he completes only 24 by the time of his death.

    Chaucer begins an ambitious scheme for 100 Canterbury Tales, of which he completes only 24 by the time of his death.
    The tales. of Canterbury are 24 stories told in around a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Through this artifice the author presents a variety of topics, both social as literary, that configure a whole luggage.Renaissance that comes out of the Middle Ages. Start with a
    prologue which is the starting point of the road, where it congregate the pilgrims who embody the different clases.Social of the moment.
  • 1469

    Thomas Malory, in gaol somewhere in England, compiles Morte d'Arthur – an English account of the French tales of King Arthur

    Thomas Malory, in gaol somewhere in England, compiles Morte d'Arthur – an English account of the French tales of King Arthur
    According to this hypothesis, Malory spent the last twenty years of his life in prison, convicted of several murders, or for an attempted murder and rape. It is believed that it was in prison where Malory wrote his literary work, although historians find it difficult to link a refined literary personality with that of an alleged murderer and rapist.
  • 1510

    ERASMUS AND THOMAS MORE TAKE THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE IN THE DIRECTION OF CHRISTIAN HUMANISM

    ERASMUS AND THOMAS MORE TAKE THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE IN THE DIRECTION OF CHRISTIAN HUMANISM
    Erasmus was called from its birth Erasmus. He owes his name to his father Gerard being devoted.
  • 1524

    WILLIAM TYNDALE.

    WILLIAM  TYNDALE.
    William Tyndale was born betweem 1484 and Gloucestershire county england it was.A priest,and that the first translation of the Bible into english was made, from the hebrew and greek texts.
  • 1549

    BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

    BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
    The first version of the English prayer book, or Book of Common Prayer, is published with text by Thomas Cranmer.
  • 1564

    Marlowe and Shakespeare are born in the same year, with Marlowe the older by two months

    Marlowe and Shakespeare are born in the same year, with Marlowe the older by two months
    On one occasion from Marlowe's grave. It is said that there was discovered something really curious. Along with the remains of the writer were copies of some plays. It seemed logical that the author had been buried with his works. SinMarlowe03_nacho-ares however, the really unusual thing was to discover that the copies did not correspond with his own, but with those of William Shakespeare ...
  • 1567

    The Book of Common Prayer and the New Testament are published in Welsh, to be followed by the complete Bible in 1588

    The Book of Common Prayer and the New Testament are published in Welsh, to be followed by the complete Bible in 1588
    Word of God usually comes to us through a biblical version translated into a vernacular. Obviously, everyone should know that Spanish is not the original language of sacred texts. They should also know that there are translations and translations, some better achieved than others. Today there are many editions in Spanish, already of the complete Bible, and only of the New Testament.
  • 1582

    The 18-year-old William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway in Stratford-upon-Avon

    The 18-year-old William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway in Stratford-upon-Avon
    On November 28, 1582, when he was 18 years old, Shakespeare married Ana Hathaway was the wife of British poet and playwright William Shakespeare
  • QUEEN ELIZABETH AS WELL AS A KEY FIGURE IN THE RADICAL PROTESTANT FACTION AT COURT AND ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL NOBLEMEN IN THE REALM.

    QUEEN ELIZABETH AS WELL AS A KEY FIGURE IN THE RADICAL PROTESTANT FACTION AT COURT AND ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL NOBLEMEN IN THE REALM.
    1590 Elizabeth I was queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603 sometimes called the virgin queen,Gloriana or Good Queen Bess,Elizabeth was the last of the five monarchs of the House of Tudor.
  • James I commissions the Authorized version of the Bible, which is completed by forty-seven scholars in seven years

    James I commissions the Authorized version of the Bible, which is completed by forty-seven scholars in seven years
    The New King James Version, (NKJV), is a modern revision of the King James Bible, published by Thomas Nelson, Inc.1 The New Testament was published in 1979. The Psalms in 1980. The complete bible was published in 1982. It took a total of 7 years to complete.2 The Anglicanized edition was originally known as the Revised Authorized Version.