The Periods or Ages of British Literature at a Glance...

The Periods or Ages of British Literature at a Glance

OLD ENGLISH PERIOD / ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD [450 - 1066]

ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD [1066 - 1340]

THE AGE OF CHAUCER [1340 - 1500]

THE REVIVAL OF LEARNING [1500 - 1557]

THE ELIZABETHAN AGE [1558 - 1603]

THE JACOBEAN AGE [1603 - 1625]

THE CAROLINE AGE [1625 - 1649]

COMMONWEALTH [1649 - 1660]

THE RESTORATION AGE [1660 - 1702]

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY [1700 - 1798]

THE ROMANTIC AGE [1798 - 1832]

THE VICTORIAN AGE [1837 - 1901]

THE EDWARDIAN AGE [1901 - 1910]

GEORGIAN ERA [1910 - 1936]

WORLD WAR I [1914 - 1918]

INTER WAR PERIOD [1918 - 1939]

WORLD WAR II [1939 - 1945]

POST-WAR BRITAIN [1945 - ….]

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THE TUDOR AGE [1485-1603]

THE AGE OF QUEEN ANNE [1702-1714]

THE GEORGIAN AGE [1714-1837]

THE PURITAN AGE / THE AGE OF MILTON [1625-1660]

THE AUGUSTUN AGE [1688-1745]

THE AGE OF SENSIBILITY [1745-1785]

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THE RESTORATION AGE = CHARLES II [1660-1685] + JAMES II [1685-1688] + WILLIAM III & MARY II[1689-1702]

THE GEORGIAN AGE = GEORGE I [1714-1727] + GEORGE II [1727-1760] + GEORGE III [1760-1820] + GEORGE IV [1820-1830] + WILLIAM IV [1830-1837]

THE EDWARDIAN AGE = EDWARD VII [1901-1910]

GEORGIAN ERA = GEORGE V [1910-1936]

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Ø Anglo-Saxon Age – After the German tribes Angles & Saxons

Ø Elizabethan Age – Queen Elizabeth (1558 – 1603)

Ø Jacobean Age – King James I (1603 – 1625) [English ‘James’ from Latin ‘Jacobus’ > Jacobean]

Ø Caroline Age – Charles I (1625 – 1649) [English ‘Charles’ from ‘Carolus’ > Caroline]

Ø Commonwealth – No Kingdom, Republic under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell

Ø Restoration Age – Execution of Charles I in 1649 and restoration of the monarchy by Charles II in 1660

Ø Augustan Age – 18^th century England in comparison to the Roman civilization under King Augustas

Ø Romantic Age – Publication of the Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth & Coleridge in 1798

Ø Victorian Age – Queen Victoria (1837 – 1901)

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