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British Literary History Timeline
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Yadira Veamatahau
⟶ Actualizado 13 dic 2018 ⟶
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Sir Thomas More, Utopia.
Thomas Wyatt's poems circulating in manuscript
Sir Philip Sydney, Astrophil and Stella published
Edmund Spencer, The Faerie Queene, Books 1-3
Edmund Spencer, The Faerie Queene, Books 4-6
William Tyndale's English translation of the New Testament
John Calvin, The Institution of Christian Religion
John Foxe, Acts and Monuments
Anne Askew's examinations smuggled out of England and published in Germany by John Bale
Thomas More's, A Dialogue Concerning Heresies
Roger Ascham's, The Schoolmaster published
Lady Mary Wroth's, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus published
William Shakespeare began his career as a playwright
Shakespeare, Sonnets
"King James" Bible (authorized version)
The London Playhouse, The Red Lion, first mentioned
James Burbage's playhouse, The Theater, built
Christopher Marlowe's, "The Passionate Shepherd"
John Donne's, Poems
Ben Johnson's, Works
Robert Herrick, Hesperides and Noble Numbers
Andrew Marvell's, Poems published posthumously
Richard Lovelace, "To Lucasta, Going to the Wars"
John Donne's earliest poems crculating in manuscript
John Donne's, Poems
Aemilia Lanyer, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
George Herbert, The Temple
Henry Vaughan, Silex Scintillans
Thomas Traherne, "Wonder"
John Milton, Paradise Lost (10 books)
John Milton, Paradise Lost (in 12 books)
Death of Henry VII; accession of Henry VII
Accession of Henry VII inaugurates Tudor Dynasty (copy)
Establishment of Calvin's theocracy at Geneva
More beheaded
Henry VIII divorces Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn; Elizabeth I born, Henry declares himself head of the Church of England
Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses; beginning of the Reformation in Germany
Mary dies; succeeded by Protestant Elizabeth I
Death of Edward VI; failed attempt to put Protestant Lady Jane Grey on throne; accession of Catholic Queen Mary, daughter of Catherine of Aragon
Death of Henry VIII; accession of Protestant Edward VI
Elizabeth I dies; succeeded by James VI of Scotland (as James 1) inaugurating the Stuart dynasty
Globe Theater opens
Elizabeth I excommunicated by Pope Pius V
Donne appointed dean of St. Paul's Cathedral
Beginning of the Thirty Years War
Death of Shakespeare
Parliament closes the theaters
Death of James I; accession of Charles I; Charles I marries Henrietta Maria
Trial and execution of Charles I
Milton becomes Latin secretary
Accession of Louis XIV of France
Restoration of Charles II to throne
The Great Plague
The Great Fire
Death of Milton
Begin Crusades
Norman conquest by William I
First Viking raids on England
Beowulf
Bede dies
Bede born
Caedmon's hymn (earliest poem recorded in English)
St. Augustine of Canterbury's mission to Kent- beginning of Anglo-Saxon's conversion to Christianity
Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Britons begins
People's uprising takes control of London before being suppressed
John Wycliffe's translation of the Bible into English (1st translation)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
English first used in law courts and Parliament
Black Plague
End Crusades
Marie de France's Breton Lais (ends in 1180)
Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Latin History of Kings of Britain"- beginning of Arthurian legends
Layamon's Brut (Legend of King Arthur)
Wars of the Roses ends
Caxton publishes Morte Darthur (1st book to be printed in English)
Caxton sets up first printing press in England
Sir Thomas Malory works on Morte Darthur
War of the Roses begins
Wakefield's, Second Shepherd's Play
Richard II murdered
Henry IV takes the throne
Chaucer's, Canterbury Tales
Aphra Behn's Oroonoko
Newton's, A Letter
Death of Charles II-James II (Catholic brother) takes throne
Charles II dissolves Parliament
Test Act requires all officeholders to swear allegiance to Anglicanism
John Dryden's A Song for St. Celilia's Day
Act of Uniformity requires all clergy to obey the Church of England
Charles II takes the throne
Hobbe's Leviathan
Queen Anne (Protestant daughter of James II) takes throne
William Congreve's, The Way of the World
Glorious Revolution/ William III takes throne
Death of Queen Anne/ George I takes throne
George III succeeds throne
Beginning of Seven Years War
Samuel Johnson's, Rambler
Thomas Gray's, Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard
William Collins', Ode on the Poetical Character
James Thomson's, Autumn
George I dies/ George II succeeds
Addison and Steele's, Spectator
Johnathan Swift's, Gulliver's travels
Christopher Marlowe's, Doctor Faustus