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The beginning of English literature
Venerable Bede, in his monastery in Jarrow, completes his history of the English church and people. -
800
legends of scandinavia
Beowulf, the first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons -
Period: 950 to 1300
Duns Scotus
The material of the Eddas, taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgund
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Duns Scotus, known as the Subtle Doctor in medieval times, later provides humanists with the name Dunsman or dunce. -
1367
Narrator Will
A narrator who calls himself Will, and whose name may be Langland, begins the epic poem of Piers Plowman -
1387
100 cuentos de Canterbury
Chaucer comienza un ambicioso plan para 100 Cuentos de Canterbury , del cual solo cumple 24 para el momento de su muerte. -
1469
Tales of Thomas Malory
Thomas Malory, in gaol somewhere in England, compiles Morte d'Arthur – an English account of the French tales of King Arthur -
1549
First sentence in English
The first version of the English prayer book, or Book of Common Prayer, is published with text by Thomas Cranmer -
1567
The Bible
The Book of Common Prayer and the New Testament are published in Welsh, to be followed by the complete Bible in 1588 -
1582
wedding of William Shakespeare
The 18-year-old William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway in Stratford-upon-Avon -
The Protestant Elizabeth I
English poet Edmund Spenser celebrates the Protestant Elizabeth I as The Faerie Queene -
Ben Jonson
The satirical voice of the English playwright Ben Jonson is heard to powerful effect in Volpone -
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer is produced in London's Covent Garden theatre -
Peter Mark Roget
London physician Peter Mark Roget publishes his dictionary of synonyms, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases -
Henry James
Henry James's early novel Roderick Hudson is serialized in the Atlantic Monthly and is published in book form in 1876 -
Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass completes Philip Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials
