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450
OLD ENGLISH 450 - 1066
The age started in the fifth century when the jutes, Angles and saxons came to england from germany, defeated the english tribes and started their reing. It ended in 1066 with the norman conquest. -
1066
MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE 1066 - 1500
After the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the written form of the Anglo-Saxon language became less common; under the influence of the new aristocracy, French became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society. As the invaders integrated, their language and literature mingled with that of the natives and the Norman dialects of the ruling classes became Anglo-Norman. At the same time Anglo-Saxon underwent a gradual transition into Middle English. -
1500
MEDIEVAL THEATRE 1500 - 1660
English renaissance -
1558
ELIZABETHAN PERIOD 1558 - 1603
The Elizabethan era is the epoch in English history marked by the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history.
This golden age was the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of poetry, music and literature. The era is most famous for theatre, as William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England’s past style of theatre. -
LATE RENAISSANCE 1603 - 1660
Refers to the period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of James VI of Scotland (1567–1625), who also inherited the crown of England in 1603 as James. The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Caroline era, and is often used for the distinctive styles of Jacobean architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature which characterized that period. -
JACOBEAN 1603 - 1625
The Jacobean era refers to a period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of King James I (1603-1625). The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period. -
JACOBEAN 1603 - 1625
The Jacobean era refers to a period in English and Scottish history that coincides with the reign of King James I (1603-1625). The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabethan era and precedes the Caroline era, and specifically denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is predominant of that period. -
CAROLINA 1625 - 1653
The 1663 Charter also included many other provisions. The Lords Proprietors were permitted to delegate their governmental powers to “deputies, lieutenants, judges, justices, magistrates, officers and members” of their choosing. As extensive as the Lords Proprietors’ powers were, the 1663 Charter included a number of provisions designed to guard against the abuse of those powers. -
PURITAN 1653 - 1660
There is just as little of the wide sympathy with all that is human which is so loveable in Chaucer and Shakspere. On the contrary the Puritan individuality is nowhere so overpowering as in Milton. He leaves the stamp of himself deeply graven on all he creates. We hear his voice in every line of his poem. -
RESTORATION AGE 1660 - 1700
The period from 1660 to 1700 is known as the Restoration period or the Age of Dryden because monarchy was restored in England. -
RESTORATION AGE 1660 - 1700
The period from 1660 to 1700 is known as the Restoration period or the Age of Dryden because monarchy was restored in England. Dryden was the representative writer of this period. The restoration of King Charles II in 1660 marks the beginning of a new era both in the life and the literature of England as he was defeated by the French and came back to England and became the King. -
AUGUSTAN LITERATURE 1700 - 1750
Augustan literature (1700–1750) During the 18th century literature reflected the worldview of the Age of Enlightenment (or Age of Reason) a rational and scientific approach to religious, social, political, and economic issues that promoted a secular view of the world and a general sense of progress and perfectibility. -
AGE OF SENSIBILITY 1750 - 1798
This period is also sometimes described as the "Age of Johnson". Samuel Johnson(1709–1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. -
ROMANTICISM 1798 - 1837
Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century. Various dates are given for the Romantic period in British literature, but here the publishing of Lyrical Ballads in 1798 is taken as the beginning, and the crowning of Queen Victoria in 1837 as its end, even though, for example, William Wordsworth lived until 1850 and both Robert Burns and William Blake published before 1798. -
VICTORIAN PERIOD 1837 - 1901
Victorian Era is known for the vast developments that took place changing the political and economic structure of England. The following timeline will enable us to understand this remarkable period. -
MODERN LITERATURE 1901 - 1940
The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded annually throughout the century (with the exception of 1914, 1918, 1935 and 1940–1943), the first laureate (1901) being Sully Prudhomme. -
POST MODERNS 1940 - 2000
Though some have seen modernism ending by around 1939, with regard to English literature, "When modernism petered out and postmodernism began has been contested almost as hotly as when the transition from Victorianism to modernism occurred -
CONTEMPORARY 2000
This period refers to quality of writing and works as fiction novels essays and dramatic works.
