Outstanding figures in British literature
Outstanding figures in
British literature
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British literature
Refers to all literature produced by
British authors from the United Kingdom,
which includes England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man
Includes early works written in Gaelic, Welsh, and
Latin, works in Old, Middle, and Modern English, each of which represents a different
period
Full of great works
British works in Latin
Venerable Bede
He lived between 673 and 735 AD
The greatest of all the AngloSaxon scholars
He's the earliest English historian, whose work has shed light on a period of
English history that would have otherwise been unknown
,,The Father of English History"
Wrote / translated about 40 books on almost every area of knowledge, i.e.
nature, astronomy, and poetry
His best known work is "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People"
Starting with the Roman invasion in the 5th century, he...