e Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. What is its value in our language,
literature, and history? Give an account of Alfred's life and of his work
for literature. How does Anglo-Saxon prose compare in interest with the
poetry?

CHRONOLOGY
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HISTORY | LITERATURE
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449(?). Landing of Hengist and |
Horsa in Britain |
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477. Landing of South Saxons |
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547. Angles settle Northumbria | 547. Gildas's History
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597. Landing of Augustine and his |
monks. Conversion of Kent |
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617. Eadwine, king of Northumbria |
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635-665. Coming of St. Aidan. |
Conversion of Northumbria | 664. Caedmon at Whitby
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| 673-735. Bede
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| 750 (_cir_.). Cynewulf
| poems
867. Danes conquer Northumbria |
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871. Alfred, king of Wessex | 860. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle begun
|
878. Defeat of Danes. Peace of |
Wedmore |
|
901. Death of Alfred | 991. Last known poem of the
| Anglo-Saxon
| period, The Battle of
| Maldon, otherwise called
| Byrhtnoth's Death
1013-1042. Danish period |
|
1016. Cnut, king |
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1042. Edward the Confessor. Saxon |
period restored |
|
1049. Westminster Abbey begun |
|
1066. Harold, last of Saxon kings. |
Norman Conquest |
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CHAPTER III

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