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- http://www.grendel.org/grendel/ Beowulf - Brief description of Characters, Links to Translations,
Criticism, and discussion of the Anglo-Saxon Epic.
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- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3878/Saxon.html The Anglo Saxon Period - The Anglo-Saxon Period (440-1066)
was a time of fierce battles coupled with equally fierce loyalty to
rulers and tribes. It also saw the great change of Christianity remolding
the pagan cultures.
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- http://www.infoplease.com/ce5/CE002191.html Encyclopedia Entry - Short but educational site presents an
overview of Old English literature. Includes links to Bede, Caedmon,
and King Alfred, plus a bibliography.
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- http://www.wheaton.edu/English/resources/litguide/medieval.stm Guide to Literary Study: The Medieval Period - The Medieval
Period is actually comprised of two periods: the Old English Period
(500-1066) and the Middle English Period (1066-1485).
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- http://www.okcom.net/~ggao/Europe/Britain/chaucer.html Brief Introduction to Chaucer ( c.a. 13431400) - Here, as
elsewhere in his work, Chaucer shows himself to be superior as any
great writer of later generations in the art of providing entertainment
on the most stimulating and inspiring details, and at the same time,
of significantly increasing the reader
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- http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/margery.htm Margery Kempe (ca. 1373 1438) - An illumination from M.S.
Royal 15 D 1 to Anthology of Middle English Literature Created by
Anniina Jokinen on July 26, 1996. Last updated on March 1, 1999.
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- http://tqd.advanced.org/3648/renas.html The English Renaissance - The English Renaissance spanned
the period from 1485 to 1660. It was at this time that the printing
press was first brought to England by William Caxton.
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- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3878/Ren.html The Renaissance - The Renaissance brought about a renewed
interest in the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome. It
was also a time of religious struggle as the new Protestant Reformation
threatens the hold of the Roman Catholic Church.
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- http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/wyattbio.htm The Life of Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) - Thomas Wyatt was
born at Allington Castle, near Maidstone, in Kent, in 1503, son of
Henry and Anne.2 His first court appearance was as Sewer Extraordinary
to Henry VIII in 1516, in which year he also entered St.
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- http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jlichten/milton.html John Milton - Best known as the Puritan author of the epic
poem Paradise Lost, Milton excelled in short forms as well. His relatively
few sonnets include some of the finest in the language.
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- http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/sidney.htm Sir Philip Sidney (1554 1586) - Sir Philip Sidney was born
on November 30, 1554, at Penshurst, Kent. He was the eldest son of
Sir Henry Sidney, thrice Lord Deputy (governor) of Ireland, and nephew
of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
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- http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/spenser.htm Edmund Spenser (1552 1599) - Born in or near 1552 to a family
of small means, Edmund Spenser attended the Merchant Taylor's School
under Richard Mulcaster, and went to Cambridge, about 1569-76, as
a sizar of Pembroke Hall, where he befriended Gabriel Harvey.
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- http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/henry.htm Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517 1547) - Henry Howard was
born in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, in 1517, as the eldest son of Thomas
Howard, 3rd duke of Norfolk, and Lady Elizabeth Stafford (daughter
of the Duke of Buckingham).
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- http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/marlowe.htm Christopher Marlowe (1564 1593) - Christopher Marlowe was
born in 1564, the year of William Shakespeare's birth. He was educated
at Cambridge and was involved in difficulties there with the authorities
with regard to the granting of his Master of Arts degree in 1587.
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- http://anvil.nome.alaska.edu/users/students/nssjd/18thcentury.html 18th Century - The "eighteenth century" actually begins during
the 17th century, in 1660. This is the year of Restoration, or the
reinstatement of a king, Charles II, after a period without a monarch,
and marks a change in society as well, a move away from Puritan rule.
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- http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century - The purpose
of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades
of the twentieth century.
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- http://people.a2000.nl/avanarum/Eliot_introduction.htm T.S. Eliot - On this site are the original texts of most of
Eliot's poetry up to 1925, some annotated and/or discussed. Also Eliot's
collection of essays, The Sacred Wood, and articles on Eliot's development,
influences and life, links, a biography, further reading, e
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- http://www.winstonchurchill.org/ The Winston Churchill Home Page - This site is dedicated to
the history and life of Winston Churchill.
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- http://www.twsu.edu/~scwww/92-22-a.html Special Collections / University Archives - Stephen Spender,
a British author of prose, plays, and novels, was born September 28,
1909, the son of writer Harold Spender. He was educated at University
College School, and later University College in London. His professional
career included stints as