PERIODS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

PERIOD I.
PERIOD II.

Before the Norman Conquest, 670–1066.
From the Conquest to Chaucer's
Death, 1066-1400.

PERIOD III.

PERIOD IV.

From Chaucer's Death to Elizabeth,

1400-1558.

Elizabeth's Reign, 1558-1603.

PERIOD V.

From Elizabeth's Death to the Restoration, 1603-1660.