Timeline of British Writers _Study for UGCNET
1 Caedmon- 680 AD Hymn of Nine Historically Precious 2 Cynewulf -720 or 730 AD Dream of the Rood Elene Christ 3 Venerable Bede- 673-735 Ecclesiastical History of the English People 4 King Alfred-( 849- 901) Ecclesiastical History 5 John Wyclif-(1320-1384) English Language Bible Manuscripts 6 Geoffrey Chaucer-(1340-1400) The Book of the Duchess (1369) The House of Fame (1379-80) Troilus and Criseyde (1380s) The Parliament of Fowls (1381-82) The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400) “The Pardoner’s Tale” “The Miller’s Tale” “The Friar’s Tale” “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” “The Clerk’s Tale” “The Man of Law’s Tale” “The Franklin’s Tale” “The Parson’s Tale” 7 Petrarch –(1304-1374) The Secret (Secretum) (1347) Triumphs (1351-74) Canzoni