1) Old and Middle English (700-1485) • the Renaissance (1480-1625) • the Puritan, Restoration and Augustan Ages (1625-1780) •the Romantic Age, High and Late Victorian Literature (17801930) •Mid-twentieth Century Literature (1930-1980) •Modern Literature (The Contemporary Age) 2)Caledonia 3) David Hume 4) ballad singer, harper, poet, entertainer, player, show, singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour and mummer. 5) CAEDMON; CYNEWULF 6) The four poetic codices are the Beowulf Manuscript, the Junius Manuscript, the Exeter Book and the Vercelli Book. 7) Beowulf takes place in early 6th-century Scandinavia, primarily in what is known today as Denmark and Sweden. 8) ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE 890 AD was compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great. It is a detailed timeline of English history.