1.Anglo Saxon/ Old English period- F eatures- Earliest phase of English literature. Started with Angles and Saxons much before they occupied Britain. They settled in Britain. Works- Beowulf ______________________________________________ 2.Middle English/ Anglo Norman period- Features- Normans of Normandy(France) defeated the Anglo Saxon King and occupied Britain in 1066. >Foreign types of literature. >Latin control. > French influence Works- Piers the Plowman(Langland), Canterbury Tales(Chaucer) etc ________________________________________________ 3.Chaucer to Spenser- Barren period. Only Scotland emerged as the source of good literature. Works- King's Quhair written by Scotland's James-I ________________________________________________ 4.Elizabethan Age/ Age of Shakespeare- Features- Influence of Italian Renaissance, influence of Petrarchan Sonnet. > Time of discovery Sub Periods- The Jacobian Age, The Caroline Age, The Commonw...