EnglishLiteratureChapters1—2KeyPointsinChapter1TheOldEnglish(Anglo-Saxon)PeriodHistoryofInvasionAnglo-SaxonsCaedmonBeowulfKingAlfredtheGreatBeowulfsignificanceOutlineoftheStoryMedievalLiterature:ABriefIntroduction1066—NormanConquest—MiddleEnglish—FeudalSocietyTheArthurianLegendsSirGawainandtheGreenKnightRobinHoodJohnWycliffeTheOldEnglishPeriodHistoryofInvasions5thcenturyBC:tribalkingdomsofCelticpeople55BC:invadedbytheRomanEmpire(undercontrolforover400years)5thCentury:byGermanicpeople:theAnglesandtheSaxonFromthelate8thcenturyon:byferociousVikingsfromScandinavia1066:byNormansfromnorthernFrance,descendantsofVikingsTheOldEnglishPeriodAnglo-Saxons5thcenturyinvadedanddefeatedtheCeltsandtheRomansAbranchofGermanictribes597AD:begantobeconvertedtoChristianityBasicallybarreninliterarycreationTheOldEnglishPeriodCaedmonSecondhalfofthe7thcenturyThefirstknownpoetinEnglishliteraryhistoryTheOldEnglishPeriodKingAlfredtheGreat9thcenturyDefeatedawaveofinvasionsBroughtpeace,securityandprosperityBuiltschools,wroteannals,andencouragedculturalgrowthDecidedthatliteratureshouldbewritteninthevernacular,eoutoftheAnglo-SaxonperiodAnepicofwellover3,000linesProbablythegreatestepiceverleftbytheancientGermanictribesThemostancienteversincethedemiseoftheGreekandRomanliteratureBeowulfOutlineoftheStory8thcenturyScandinavia,Sweden,Denmark,KingHrothgarSeamonstersGrendelandhismotherFierydragonMedievalLiterature:ABriefIntroduction1066—NormanConquest—MiddleEnglish—FeudalSociety1066:theFrench-speakingNormansconqueredEnglandThelastAnglo-SaxonKingHarolddiedinthebattleofHastingsMarkedthebeginningoftheMiddleEnglishorAnglo-NormanperiodEstablishmentoftheFeudalSystem,1381PeasantRising,pletionoftheDomesdayBook(土地调查清册,末日审判书),thelaunchingoftheCrusade,thesigningoftheMagnaCarter(大宪章)in1215,thewarwithFranceortheHundredYears’WarMedievalLiterature:ABriefIntroductionTheArthurianLegends1147:GeoffreyofMonmouth,HistoriaRegumBritannia,collectedthelegendsaboutthekingEnrichedbyagoodnumberoflaterwritersSomestoriesincludethoseofthe
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