ENGL 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Old English Literature, West Saxon Dialect, Early Modern English
26 Sep 2016
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The old english period refers to the language of the anglo-saxons and ran from the 5th century - 1066. Anglo saxon the people, their society and culture. Old english the language and literature written in that language. Anglo-saxon literature the literature of the anglo-saxons, which may or may not be in old english (much of it is in latin) Best to say, old english literature/poetry when referring to texts written in old english. Old english is an inflected language and contains sound that no longer exist in modern language. William the conqueror invaded england, and thus created the new era of the middle english. After that, french has become the dominant english and english disappears for the next 150 years or so. The middle english period refers to the language of the chaucer, established 1066 to late 15th. William caxton saw the gutenberg printing press, brought it to england and in 1745 began the mass print of books.
