History of english literature

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

  • Period: 450 to 1066

    1st PERIOD-OLD ENGLISH 450- 1066

  • 731

    The Venerable Bede, in his monastery at Jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people

    The Venerable Bede, in his monastery at Jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people
  • 800

    Beowulf, the first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons