Momento Mori Medieval English Literature
Julius Ceasar Claudius 54 BC Claudius 43 AD
Londinium founded in 50 AD
Hadrian’s Wall 122 AD
Great migration of the peoples Honorius 410 AD Great migration of the peoples 4th and 5th century
Viking raids from 793 AD
Viking territory
Alfred the Great – Warrior and Scholar Alfred the Great -871 – 899 AD Battle of Edington 878 AD
Bayeux Tapestry William the Conqueror Battle of Hastings - 1066 1028 – 1087 AD Battle of Hastings - 1066
Richard I “Lion Heart” (1157 – 1199 AD) Crusades 1190 AD
King John 1 accepts Magna Carta 1215 AD King John 1 accepts Magna Carta 10 June 1615
Black Death in Europe
surrounded by his six wives Elizabeth I 1533 - 1603 Henry VIII 1491 - 1547 surrounded by his six wives
BEOWULF
Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnam hinase hic enda thu wat unbidan nu 12th century Beowulf 6th century
Hrothgar’s mead hall
Beowulf rips off Grendel’s arm