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Part I Date (1* 10 = 10 points) Historical Context 1. The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066) [Poetry] 450 Anglo-Saxon and Jutish Invasions from North-West Germany 1066 Death of English King Edward (the Confessor); Election of Harold, Son of Godwin, as King. Norwegian forces defeated at Stamford Bridge (near York) NORMAN CONQUEST: Harold defeated by William of Normandy at Hastings 2. The Anglo-Norman Period (1066-1485) 1485 The Accession of Henry VII and the Start of the Tudor Dynasty 3. The Renaissance (1485-1660) [Drama] 1492 Columbus’s voyage to the America 1611 Authorized version of Bible 4. The 17th Century (1642-1649, 1660-1688)[Poetry, Drama] 1642-1651 The English Civil War 1660 Restoration 1688 Glorious Revolution 1689 The Bills of Rights 1707 The Act of Union 5. The 18th Century :The Age of Enlightenment/Reason [prose, novel] 1714-1830 House of Hanover 1760-1840 The Industrial Revolution 1733 John Kay’s flying shuttle 1765 James Watt stream engine The Romantic Period (1798-1832):Age of Revolution[Poetry] 1789 The beginning of French Revolution/ publication of Wordsworth’s Lyric Ballad 1932 Walter Scott’s death/ Reform Bill The Victorian Period (1837-1901):Age of Paradox[Novel] 1832-1848 The Chartist Movement 1859 On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin 1899-1902 The Boer War The Twentieth-Century (1900-1945) 1917~ The House of Windsor 1918 Boundary of literature 1936 Edward VIII’s abdication 1952~ Elizabeth II 1979 Mrs. Thatcher became the first woman P.M. Important works 1. The Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066) Bede Ecclesiastical History of the English People Caedmon Caedmon’s hymn Cynewulf The Fates of the Apostles The Dream of Rood