The Old English Period (jan 1, 428 – jan 1, 1066)
Description:
Even called as Anglo Saxon, anglo means England in Latin, Saxon was a type of people living in England. It's a West Germanic dialect. Around the year 450 AD Vikings invaded the island of England.vikings/old Norse impact
core vocabulary, town names.
Germanic tribes Angles, Saxons, Jutes (Göta)
Beowulf is the oldest epic written in Old English.
It has over 3000 lines about a hero from southern Sweden who fights monsters to bring safety to his own and other people.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 428
jan 1, 1066
~ 638 years