Anglo-Saxon literature

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Anglo-Saxon literature is the body of early medieval English writing in Old English, encompassing poetry, prose, religious works, and heroic narratives produced in England roughly between the 7th and 11th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English literature ⓘ
literary tradition ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
country England ⓘ
endTime 11th century ⓘ
genre didactic literature ⓘ
heroic poetry ⓘ
historical writing ⓘ
legal writing ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
hasPart Old English poetry ⓘ
Old English prose ⓘ
biblical paraphrases ⓘ
biblical translations ⓘ
charters ⓘ
chronicles ⓘ
elegies ⓘ
gnomic poetry ⓘ
heroic narratives ⓘ
historical annals ⓘ
homilies ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
religious writings ⓘ
riddles ⓘ
saints' lives ⓘ
wisdom literature ⓘ
influenced Middle English literature ⓘ
modern English poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
Germanic heroic tradition ⓘ
Latin literature ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
notableAuthor Bede ⓘ
linked to: Venerable Bede

Cynewulf ⓘ
Cædmon ⓘ
King Alfred the Great ⓘ
Wulfstan of York ⓘ
Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
notableWork Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Old English translation) ⓘ
Beowulf ⓘ
Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy (Old English translation) ⓘ
Daniel (Old English poem) ⓘ
Deor ⓘ
Exodus (Old English poem) ⓘ
Genesis (Old English poem) ⓘ
Judith ⓘ
Lives of Saints by Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
linked to: Lives of Saints

Orosius (Old English translation) ⓘ
linked to: Orosius

Pastoral Care (Old English translation) ⓘ
Riddles of the Exeter Book ⓘ
linked to: Exeter Book

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
The Battle of Brunanburh ⓘ
The Battle of Maldon ⓘ
The Dream of the Rood ⓘ
The Husband's Message ⓘ
The Phoenix ⓘ
The Ruin ⓘ
The Seafarer ⓘ
The Vercelli Book homilies ⓘ
linked to: Vercelli Book

The Wanderer ⓘ
The Wife's Lament ⓘ
linked to: The Wife’s Lament

Widsith ⓘ
partOf English literature ⓘ
medieval English literature ⓘ
startTime 7th century ⓘ
uses alliteration ⓘ
formulaic diction ⓘ
kennings ⓘ
stress-based meter ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Dream of the Rood → literaryPeriod → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Cynewulf → movement → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
The Seafarer → literaryPeriod → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
The Wanderer → literaryTradition → Anglo-Saxon poetry ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Middle-earth → inspiredBy → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Alliterative Revival → influencedBy → Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Anglo-Saxon England → culturalSphere → Old English literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Beowulf (2007 film score) → inspiredBy → Old English literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Hrothgar → literaryPeriod → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Letter to Brother Edward → literaryTradition → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
The Fates of the Apostles → literaryTradition → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
The Wife’s Lament → literaryTradition → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Juliana → literaryTradition → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Heorot → culturalContext → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Wealhtheow → literaryPeriod → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Hygelac → sourceTradition → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Codex Exoniensis → contains → Anglo-Saxon poetry ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Junius Manuscript → partOf → Anglo-Saxon poetic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Æschere → workIsPartOf → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
The Battle of Maldon → literaryPeriod → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Elene → tradition → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Hrethel → relatedWork → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Cynewulfian canon → isPartOf → Old English literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Andy Orchard → fieldOfWork → Old English literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Bruce Mitchell → fieldOfWork → Old English literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Malcolm Godden → fieldOfWork → Old English literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Dorothy Whitelock → fieldOfWork → Old English literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Germanic mythology → sourceText → Anglo-Saxon poetry ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon literature
Weapons of Middle-earth → influencedBy → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ