Middle English Timeline
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Updated: 18 Sep 2017
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Sack of Rome (410)The end of Roman currency in Brittania (402)Constantine III's Rebellion (407)Constantine III's abdication (410)End of the of The War of Roses (1485)Britannia first colonized by Romans (43)Britannia fully pacified/Roman colony by now (2nd c.)Britain Invaded by Germanic tribes: Angles, Saxons, and Jutes after Roman Soldiers withdraw (Circa 450)Pope Gregory sends Benedictine Monk as missionary to kent (Around 600)Island predominantly Christian again (700)Christian Anglo-Saxons invaded by Danes (Starting in 9th c.)Norman Conquest - Decisive Battle of Hastings - led by William I (1066)Dissolution of Monasteries (1530)Commercial book sellers begin (1300s)William Caxton introduced printing press to England (1476)Periods
The Middle Ages: "medieval" (5th-15th c.)European Renaissance (14th-17th c.)English Renaissance (1520s-1620s)Britannia is colony of Rome (1st-5th c.)Christianity only in remote areas of Britain (Circa 450-600)Anglo-Saxon Literature (5th-11th c.)First recorded literature appeared (7th c.)Alfred the Great united all the Southern English Kingdoms (871-899)Normans invaded during this time (11th c.)Anglo-Norman Period (11th-13th c.)Middle English Period (14th-15th c.)War of Roses (1399-1485)Protestant Reformation (1517-1648)Middle English Literature (14th-15th c.)Britons converted to christianity (in 4th c.)Hundred Years War (1337-1453)Bubonic Plague ravages Europe (14th c.)Dante (1265-1321) revered almost like scriptureLife of Francis Petrarch-poet (1304-1374)Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
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