Anglo-Saxon literature

E117512

Old English literature literary tradition medieval literature

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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Anglo-Saxon literature canonical	9
Old English literature	2
Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition	1
Anglo-Saxon poetry	1

Statements (70)

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	Venerable Bede ⓘ surface form: Bede Cynewulf ⓘ Cædmon ⓘ King Alfred the Great ⓘ Wulfstan of York ⓘ Ælfric of Eynsham ⓘ
notableWork	Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ surface form: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Old English translation) Beowulf ⓘ The Consolation of Philosophy ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Lives of Saints by Ælfric of Eynsham Orosius ⓘ surface form: Orosius (Old English translation) Old English homilies ⓘ surface form: Pastoral Care (Old English translation) Exeter Book ⓘ surface form: Riddles of the 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 ⓘ Vercelli Book ⓘ surface form: The Vercelli Book homilies The Wanderer ⓘ The Wife’s Lament ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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 literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon poetry

Middle-earth → inspiredBy → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ

Alliterative Revival → influencedBy → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition

Anglo-Saxon England → culturalSphere → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old English literature

Beowulf (2007 film score) → inspiredBy → Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old English 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 ⓘ