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476 CE - 1500 CEMedieval literature written during the Middle Ages.
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c. 650 CECaedmon's Hymn composed at Whitney Abbey, Northumbria.
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c. 650 CEDream vision poem The Dream of the Rood composed.
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c. 995 CEThe Battle of Maldon composed.
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c. 1040 CEThe epic poem Song of Roland composed in France.
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c. 1160 CE - c. 1190 CEChretien de Troyes writes his chivalric romances in southern France.
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c. 1320 CEDante completes his Divine Comedy.
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c. 1353 CEBoccaccio completes his Decameron.
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c. 1370 CEChaucer writes his first long poem, Book of the Duchess.
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c. 1392 CEChaucer writes his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales.
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1485 CEWilliam Caxton publishes Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur.
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476 CE - 1500 CE: Medieval literature written during the Middle Ages.
600 CE - 900 CE: Beowulf composed in Britain, possibly in East Anglia.
650 CE: Caedmon's Hymn composed at Whitney Abbey, Northumbria.
650 CE: Dream vision poem The Dream of the Rood composed.
995 CE: The Battle of Maldon composed.
1040 CE: The epic poem Song of Roland composed in France.
1160 CE - 1190 CE: Chretien de Troyes writes his chivalric romances in southern France.
1320 CE: Dante completes his Divine Comedy.
1353 CE: Boccaccio completes his Decameron.
1370 CE: Chaucer writes his first long poem, Book of the Duchess.
1392 CE: Chaucer writes his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales.
1485 CE: William Caxton publishes Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur.
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