of Old English literature$ 0he Anglo-Saxon 0he Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Chronicle has has also pro1en significant for historical study preser1ing a chronology of early English histor y$ Alexander Souter names names the commentary on 2aul 2aul's 's epistles +y 2elagius 2elagius %the %the earliest extant wor. ![]() Literature written in Old English (also English (also called Anglo-Saxon) in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th century to the decades after the Norman the Norman Conuest of !"#$ %C&dmon's % C&dmon's ymn% ymn% composed in the 7th century according to *ede is often considered the oldest extant poem in English whereas the later poem The Grave is Grave is one of the final poems written in Ol d English and presents a transitional text +etween Old and ,iddle English$ English$i.ewise the Peterborough the Peterborough Chronicle Chronicle continues continues until the !/th century$ 0he poem Beowulf poem Beowulf which often +egins the traditional canon of English literature literature is the most famous wor. Histor History y of Old Englis English h Litera Literatur turee Old English literature (sometimes referred to as Anglo-Saxon literature) encompasses
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