英国文学年表.pdfVIP

英国文学年表 Old English Prior Middle English 16th Century 17th Century Restoration 18th Century Romantic Victorian Age 19th Century 20th Century BEFORE CHRIST 1900 Construction of Stonehenge begins around this time 12-1300 Invasion of England by Celtic-speaking peoples 55-54 Julius Caesars expeditions reach England THE OLD ENGLISH PERIOD 5-40 Reign of Cunobelinus (Cymbeline) 43 Roman conquest of England 122 Romans begin construction of Hadrians Wall to defend Britain against invasions from the north 313 Christianity introduced in England 350 Invasion of Angles, Saxons, and Jutes begins 429 Withdrawal of Roman legions from England is complete by this date or earlier 5?? Arthur defeated and killed in Civil War 597 St. Augustine re-establishes the Roman Church in England 663 Roman Christianity is endorsed by the Synod of Whitby (instead of Celtic Christianity) 731 Bede, An Ecclesiastical History of the English People [Caedmons Hymn] 757 Offa, King of Mercia, begins his reign 802 Egbert, King of Wessex 856-75 Viking raids at their peak 871-99 King Alfred the Great of Wessex (defeater of the Danes) 900-950 An English state is established 978 Ethelred the Unready reigns; Danish invasions resume ____ The Dream of the Rood Beowulf The Battle of Maldon The Wanderer 1016 Canut of Denmark rules England, Denmark, and Norway 1042 King Edward the Confessor (Wessex line) 1066 William the Conqueror (NORMANDY) defeats Harold II in The Battle of Hastings 1086 The Doomsday Book 1087 William II (third son of William) King 1100 William II shot in ambush. Henry I (youngest son of William) King 1135 Stephen (BLOIS--grandson of William I by daughter) competes with Empress Matilda for throne (The Anarchy) 1154 Henry II (PLANTAGENT-- grandson of Henry I by daughter) 1170 Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in the cathedral Oxford University founded