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The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages

The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages. 449 - 1485. 449: Roman and Persian myths mingle with Celtic and Germanic myths – Western Literature 449: Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invade Britain 476: Roman Empire falls to Germanic tribes

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The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages

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  1. The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages 449 - 1485

  2. 449: Roman and Persian myths mingle with Celtic and Germanic myths – Western Literature • 449: Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invade Britain • 476: Roman Empire falls to Germanic tribes • 597: St. Augustine converts Anglo-Saxon King Ethelbert, establishes the monastery at Canterbury Timeline

  3. 700: Beowulf is composed in Old English • 793: Vikings invade Britain • 810: Algebra is devised in Persia • 975: The Exeter Book, a collection of English poetry, is first copied • 1000: Lady MurasakiShikibu of Japan writes the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji • 1066: Normans invade England and defeat the Saxons – William the Conqueror becomes king

  4. 1150: Paper is mass-produced in Spain • 1171: Henry II invades Ireland, beginning eight hundred years of British domination • 1211: Ghenghis Khan invades China

  5. "No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned, disseised, outlawed, banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will We proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land." • "To no one will We sell, to no one will We deny or delay, right or justice." 1215: English barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta

  6. 1325: Aztecs begin to establish empire in Mexico • 1348: Black Death strikes England • 1378: Legendary hero Robin Hood appears in Piers Plowman • 1380: Entire Bible is translated in English for the first time

  7. 1381: Peasants’ Revolt takes place in England • 1387: Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales • 1438: Incan Empire is established in Peru

  8. 1455 – 1485: War of the Roses is fought between the Houses of York and Lancaster • 1455: Gutenberg prints first book with movable type • 1475: William Caxton prints first book in England • 1485: First Tudor king, Henry VII, is crowned

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