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Old English
Appear in early Middle Ages
The olders surviving text is Caedmon´s Hymm
Anglo-Saxon literature
Encompasses literature wirtten in Anglo Saxon
During 600-year
Include
Epic poetry
Hagiography
Sermons
Bible
Extant manuscripts
There are bout 400 surviving manuscripts
There are four mayor manuscripts
Junius manuscript
Exeter Book
Vercelli Book
Nowell Codex
Old English Poetry
two types
The heroic Germanic pre-Christian
Cristian
The most popular is Alliterative verse.
Poets
Caedmon
Bede
Alfred
Cynewulf
Heroic poems
Geatish hero Beowulf
The Fight at Finnsburh
