Writers of the Old English Period/ Anglo Saxon Period(450 – 1066)
Writers
of the Old English Period/ Anglo Saxon Period(450 – 1066)
…… Caedmon……
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Born: 657AD
Died: 684AD
Birth Place: Whitby,
United Kingdom
Period: The Anglo-Saxon period
Title: Father of English
sacred song, Milton of Anglo-Saxon period.
Famous works: Paraphrase.
Famous quotes:
“I am in charity, my
children, with all the servants of God.”
“Light was first
Through the Lord's word Named day: Beauteous, bright creation!”
“The fiend with all
his comrades Fell then from heaven above, through as long as three nights and
days, the angels from heaven into hell; And them all the Lord transformed to
devils, because they, his deed and word Would not revere.”
.….. King Alfred the Great ……
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Born: 849AD
Died: 899AD
Birthplace: Wantage, United Kingdom.
Period: Anglo-Saxon period
Title: The Law of Governing, The founder of English prose.
Famous works: He compilated ‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’ which is known as ‘First Monument in English Prose’.
Famous quotes:
“ The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.”
"I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works."
"For man is man and master of his fate."
"I am a part of all whom I have met."
"The greater the man the greater the courtesy."
…… Cynewulf……
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Born: Ninth
century.
Died:
Birth Place: England, The United Kingdom.
Period: Anglo-Saxon
period.
Title:
Famous works: Elene,
Christ, Christ-II, The Phoenix, Juliana.
Famous quotes:
“Bliss within the burghs, when I burst forth with a cadenced
song.”
“Hail Éarendel,
brightest of angels above the middle-earth sent unto men.”
……Saint Venerable Bede……
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Born: 672/673AD
Died: 735AD
Birth Place: Jarrow, The United Kingdom.
Period: Anglo-Saxon
period.
Title: Doctor
of the Church, Father of Learning, First Historian in the English Language
Famous works: Ecclesiastical
History of the English People.
Famous quotes:
“He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a
pure love for his neighbor.”
“Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He
will.”
“While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when
the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.”
“I was no longer the center of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.”
“No man taketh away sins (which the law, though holy,
just and good, could not take away), but He in whom there is no sin.”
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