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    The Old English period lasted from 450-1066 and saw the development of the English language and literature during the Anglo-Saxon invasion and settlement of Britain. Christianity was introduced during this time from both the north and south. Old English literary works were preserved by Christian monks and included both prose and poetry, with over half being religious poems translated from biblical texts. Some influential early English authors included King Alfred, Aldhelm, Bede, and Alcuin. An important work from this period was the epic poem Beowulf.

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    The Old English period lasted from 450-1066 and saw the development of the English language and literature during the Anglo-Saxon invasion and settlement of Britain. Christianity was introduced during this time from both the north and south. Old English literary works were preserved by Christian monks and included both prose and poetry, with over half being religious poems translated from biblical texts. Some influential early English authors included King Alfred, Aldhelm, Bede, and Alcuin. An important work from this period was the epic poem Beowulf.

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    The Old English period lasted from 450-1066 and saw the development of the English language and literature during the Anglo-Saxon invasion and settlement of Britain. Christianity was introduced during this time from both the north and south. Old English literary works were preserved by Christian monks and included both prose and poetry, with over half being religious poems translated from biblical texts. Some influential early English authors included King Alfred, Aldhelm, Bede, and Alcuin. An important work from this period was the epic poem Beowulf.

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    Old English (Anglo-saxon) Period


    (450–1066)

    Nama : Putu Eka Kharisma Dewi


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    Prodi : S1 SASTRA INGGRIS
    Old English period ( Old English )

     Old English period ( Old English ) in history and English literature undergone
    several stages of development for their raid or invasion of other tribes. 

     At the beginning of the 5th century the Roman army was withdrawn entirely from
    England because the situation at the center of Rome's government had
    deteriorated and was shaky. The decline was caused by various economic and
    political problems, as well as the increasing attacks of the Germanic tribes. 

     The Anglo-Saxons like other Germanic tribes lived mostly by farming, fishing or
    pirates. The main purpose of the invasion of England was to find fertile
    agricultural lands. 
     Christianity entered among the Anglo-Saxons towards the end of the 6th century
    from two directions, namely from the South and from the North. The spread of
    Christianity from the South began with the landing of Augustine of Rome with 46
    of his followers in Kent, South England, in 597. In the area of ​Kent Augustine
    established the throne of the archdiocese of Canterbury as the center of
    Christianity in the Anglo-Saxons and the base for the spread of Christianity
    throughout country. Meanwhile, from the north the spread of Christianity started
    from West Scotland and then entered Northumbria in 635 through a missionary
    named Aidan. 

     Anglo-Saxon literary works were preserved in this written form thanks to


    Christian monks who collected and wrote down these literary works. Old English
    literature is divided into two groups, namely prose and poetry.
     Prose     

     English prose begins with the legal code of King Aethelberht I of Kent, written within a few
    years of arrival in England (597) St Augustine of Canterbury.

      Poetry      

    More than half of Anglo-Saxon poetry is religious poetry. Most of these poems are translations
    and adaptations of the books of the old and new testaments, stories of saints, and most of the
    poems from the regions of Northumbria and Mercia and were created in the 7th and 8th
    centuries. 
    FIGURES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH LITERATURE    
    1. King Alfred   King Alfred was a famous king in his era because he was the first stone-
    layman of English prose and was later passed on by Aelfric and Wulfstan. 

    2. Aldhelm (650-709) He is a graduate of Canterbury School. And according to history, he


    was a student of Abbot Haderian who was a priest from Africa. 

    3. Venerable Bed (672-735) Bede is a prose writer from Northumbria. Bede is a theologian


    and the best Christian history of his time, who has Angle blood.

    4. Alcuine (730-804)  He is a prosaic originally from Northumbria and raised in York. 


    Examples Of Ancient English Literature   

     Beowulf

    Beowulf is a medieval hero whose story is known through a long poem. This poem became the national
    poetry of the British nation to preserve the culture of its ancestors. In England, this poem is also
    required to read high school students.

    Beowulf's poem tells the story of a hero's life journey from when he was young until his heroic
    death. Although written in Old English, the setting is in the Scandinavian area, around Switzerland and
    Denmark. The author of this manuscript in manuscript form is currently unknown. But the first known
    owner of the Beowulf manuscript was a writer named Laurence Nowell who lived in the 16th century.

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