OE and ME

Tacitus, Germania

Roman book about the people from the North

Roman book about the people from the North

Tacitus, Germania

Gildas Sapiens, De Excido Britanniae

A Welsh Latin report on the A-S concquest of Celtic Britain

A Welsh Latin report on the A-S concquest of Celtic Britain

Gildas Sapiens, De Excido Britanniae

Beda Venerabilis, Ecclesiastical History of The English People

Latin history of A-S England focusing on the process of Christianization

Latin history of A-S England focusing on the process of Christianization

Beda Venerabilis, Ecclesiastical History of The English People

Nennius, Historia Britonum

Latin, 830s

Latin, 830s

Nennius, Historia Britonum

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

King Alfred the Great, 870s - 1079 (Worcester) and 1154 (Peterborough)

King Alfred the Great, 870s - 1079 (Worcester) and 1154 (Peterborough)

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Manuscripts with OE Poetry

Beowulf MS, Exeter Book, Vercelli Book, Junius MS

Caedmon's Hymn in?

Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Fragment of Dream of the Rood

inscription on the sonte corss from Ruthwell

The Battle of Finnsbrugh

on a single leaf of parchment, then lost again, known only from transcription, battle refered to in Beowulf

on a single leaf of parchment, then lost again, known only from transcription, battle refered to in Beowulf

The Battle of Finnsbrugh

The Battle of Brunanburh

about the victory of the Saxon king Athelstan over North invaders

about the victory of the Saxon king Athelstan over North invaders

The Battle of Brunanburh

Caedmon's scriptual poems in Junius Ms

Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, Christ and Satan

Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, Christ and Satan

Caedmon's scriptual poems in Junius Ms

Caedmon's scriptual poems in Beowulf MS

Judith

Judith

Caedmon's scriptual poems in Beowulf MS

Cynewulf, scriptual poems, Exeter Book

Juliana, Guthlac, Christ

Juliana, Guthlac, Christ

Cynewulf, scriptual poems, Exeter Book

Cynewul, scriptural poems, Vercelli Book

Andreas, Elene, The Dream of The Rood

Andreas, Elene, The Dream of The Rood

Cynewul, scriptural poems, Vercelli Book

Aldhelm

bishop of Sherborne, letters and educational prose

bishop of Sherborne, letters and educational prose

Aldhelm

Alcuin

in York, letters, poems, educational prose

in York, letters, poems, educational prose

Alcuin

Alfred's translations

Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Pope Gregory's Cura Pastoralis, Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae

Bede's Ecclesiastical History, Pope Gregory's Cura Pastoralis, Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae

Alfred's translations

Aelfric

abott of Eynsham, Catholic homilies, Lives of Saints, Colloquy

abott of Eynsham, Catholic homilies, Lives of Saints, Colloquy

Aelfric

Wulfstan

Archbishop of York, Sermi lupi de Anglos

Archbishop of York, Sermi lupi de Anglos

Wulfstan

Roman de Larose

Chaucer, translation of romance by Jean de Meun and Guillaume de Lorris

Chaucer, translation of romance by Jean de Meun and Guillaume de Lorris

Roman de Larose

The Book of the Duchess

Chaucer, elegy on death of Blanche de Lancester

Chaucer, elegy on death of Blanche de Lancester

The Book of the Duchess

Parliament of Fowls

Chaucer, a discussion of the nature of courtly love in a dream vision

Chaucer, a discussion of the nature of courtly love in a dream vision

Parliament of Fowls

The House of Fame

Chaurcer, dream vision on the fickleness of fame and fortune

Chaurcer, dream vision on the fickleness of fame and fortune

The House of Fame

Chaucer's translations

Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae, The Treatise of the Astrolabe

Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae, The Treatise of the Astrolabe

Chaucer's translations

Troilus and Criseyde

Chaucer, a Trojan story of love and infidelity based on Il Filostrato by Bocaccio

Chaucer, a Trojan story of love and infidelity based on Il Filostrato by Bocaccio

Troilus and Criseyde

The Legend of Good Woman

Chaucer, a collection of tales about faithful women

Chaucer, a collection of tales about faithful women

The Legend of Good Woman

The Knight's Tale

chivalric romance based upon Bocaccio's Theseide

chivalric romance based upon Bocaccio's Theseide

The Knight's Tale

The Wife of Bath's Tale

arthurian romance in an ironic framework of the Wife of Bath's Prologue

arthurian romance in an ironic framework of the Wife of Bath's Prologue

The Wife of Bath's Tale

The Clerk's Tale

story of patient Griselda based on Bocaccio's Decameron, romance

story of patient Griselda based on Bocaccio's Decameron, romance

The Clerk's Tale

The Franklin's Tale

story of Arveragus and Dorigen on equal status in mariage and the importance of a given word

story of Arveragus and Dorigen on equal status in mariage and the importance of a given word

The Franklin's Tale

Tale of Melibeus

told by Chaucer, anti-romance

told by Chaucer, anti-romance

Tale of Melibeus

The Prioress's Tale

a Marian miracle story, anti-semitic

a Marian miracle story, anti-semitic

The Prioress's Tale

the physican's tale

pious tale

pious tale

the physican's tale

the man of law's tale

pious tale2

pious tale2

the man of law's tale

exempla in canterbury tales

the monk's tale, the pardoner's tale, the nun's priest's tale

the monk's tale, the pardoner's tale, the nun's priest's tale

exempla in canterbury tales

fablieax in CT

the reeve's tale, the miller's tale, the cook's tale

the reeve's tale, the miller's tale, the cook's tale

fablieax in CT

John Gower

Chaucer follower, Mirroir de l'homme, Vox Clementis, Confessio Amantis

Chaucer follower, Mirroir de l'homme, Vox Clementis, Confessio Amantis

John Gower

John Lydgate

a Benedictine monk of Bury St. Edmunds, The Siege of Thebes, Troy Book, the Fall of Princes

a Benedictine monk of Bury St. Edmunds, The Siege of Thebes, Troy Book, the Fall of Princes

John Lydgate

Thomas Hoccleve

courtly and religious poems, chaucer's follower, the regement of princes

courtly and religious poems, chaucer's follower, the regement of princes

Thomas Hoccleve

Robert Henryson

Scottish, Chaucer's follower, the testament of cressid, the moral fables of esope

Scottish, Chaucer's follower, the testament of cressid, the moral fables of esope

Robert Henryson

William Dunbar

Scottish, Chaucer's follower, poet and the court of James IV of Scotland

Morality plays 15th c.

Everyman, The Castle of Preservance, Mankind

Everyman, The Castle of Preservance, Mankind

Morality plays 15th c.

Middle English Romance tradition, continental precedens and inspirations

Marie de France, Chrentien de Troyes (the story of the holy grail), Wolfram von Esenbach, Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun (La Roman de la Rose, allegorical dream vision about courtly love)

Marie de France, Chrentien de Troyes (the story of the holy grail), Wolfram von Esenbach, Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun (La Roman de la Rose, allegorical dream vision about courtly love)

Middle English Romance tradition, continental precedens and inspirations

Auchinleck MS

14th c. manuscript of English romances

14th c. manuscript of English romances

Auchinleck MS

The Matter of England

King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Sir Beves of Hamtoun, Guy of Warwick, Athleston, Richard Coeur de Lion

King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Sir Beves of Hamtoun, Guy of Warwick, Athleston, Richard Coeur de Lion

The Matter of England

The Matter of Rome, French

Benoit, Roman de Troy and Gudio Historia Destuctionis Troiae

Benoit, Roman de Troy and Gudio Historia Destuctionis Troiae

The Matter of Rome, French

The Matter of Rome, English

John Lydgate, Troy Book

John Lydgate, Troy Book

The Matter of Rome, English

Romances on Alexander the Great

Romance of Alexander

Romance of Alexander

Romances on Alexander the Great

Matter of France, romances on charlemagne and he carolignian kings

Roland and Vernagu

Roland and Vernagu

Matter of France, romances on charlemagne and he carolignian kings

Matter of Britain

Arthur and Merlin, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Piers Plowman

John Wycliff