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    Old English literature developed between the 5th and 11th centuries AD in Anglo-Saxon England. Notable works include heroic poems like Beowulf, The Dream of the Rood, and early battle poetry. The period also saw the rise of Christian literature following the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, with important figures like Caedmon and Cynewulf producing religious works. King Alfred's program in the 9th century promoted literacy and the translation of texts into Old English. By the 11th century, Old English literature included elegies and continued to evolve through the various cultural influences of the Anglo-Saxons.

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    Old English literature developed between the 5th and 11th centuries AD in Anglo-Saxon England. Notable works include heroic poems like Beowulf, The Dream of the Rood, and early battle poetry. The period also saw the rise of Christian literature following the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, with important figures like Caedmon and Cynewulf producing religious works. King Alfred's program in the 9th century promoted literacy and the translation of texts into Old English. By the 11th century, Old English literature included elegies and continued to evolve through the various cultural influences of the Anglo-Saxons.

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    Old English Literature: and How Not To Go Crazy

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    Old English literature developed between the 5th and 11th centuries AD in Anglo-Saxon England. Notable works include heroic poems like Beowulf, The Dream of the Rood, and early battle poetry. The period also saw the rise of Christian literature following the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, with important figures like Caedmon and Cynewulf producing religious works. King Alfred's program in the 9th century promoted literacy and the translation of texts into Old English. By the 11th century, Old English literature included elegies and continued to evolve through the various cultural influences of the Anglo-Saxons.

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    Old English

    literature
    And how not to go crazy
    CONTENT
    Our (heart) stops:

    1. Historical overview
    2. Northumbria and The Dream Of The Rood
    3. Heroic Poetry
    4. Christian literature
    5. Alfred
    6. Beowulf
    7. Elegies
    8. Battle poetry
    9. The harvest of literacy
    Periodization

    450-1066
    1798-1837
    old english 1660-1700 romantism
    1066-1500 Restoration 1837 – 1901
    middle age Viktorian
    english 1700-1745 literature
    1500-1660
    english 18th century
    20th century
    renessance
    Overview
    Northumbria was an
    early medieval Anglo-
    Saxon kingdom (now
    Northern England and
    south-east Scotland)
    Northumbria and The dream of the
    Rood
    - Henry VIII’s destruction of monasteries – 1530
    - Three identifiable phases of Old English
    Literature:
    1) Northumbria – age of Bede
    2) The programme of Alfred
    3) Benedictine Revival

    The Ruthwell Cross is the most famous and


    elaborate Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture,
    and possibly contains the oldest surviving text,
    predating any manuscripts containing Old
    English poetry
    Heroic age
    Poems:

    Waldere

    Finnsburh

    Minstrels Widsith and Deor

    Franks Casket
    Christian literature
    Cædmon Cynewulf

    Works: Cædmon’s gymn – the Christ, Juliana, Elene, and The Fates of


    oldest work written in english the Apostles
    He decided to translate (‘those books which be most
    needful for all men to know’) into English; and to teach the
    freeborn sons of the laity to read them so that the quarry,
    wisdom, should again be pursued in Angelcynn, the
    kindred and country of the English

    — King Alfred
    Beowulf
    Elegies

    01 02 03 04

    ‘The Wanderer’ ‘The Seafarer’ ‘The Husband’s The Wife’s


    Message’ Complaint’
    Battle poetry
    Waldere and
    Finnsburh 01
    Old battle poetry pieces

    Brunanburh and
    Maldon
    Two survived poems
    02
    from the 10th century

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