English
literature
begins
with
the
Anglo
-
Saxon
,
or
Old
English
,
period
,
____________________
began
approximately
____________________
A
.
D
.
____________________
the
Romans
withdrew
from
Britain
,
leaving
it
to
Germanic
and
Scandinavian
settlers
.
The
Old
English
period
ended
with
the
____________________
invasion
of
1066
,
when
French
became
the
language
of
the
educated
____________________
,
gradually
blending
with
Anglo
-
Saxon
to
produce
Middle
English
,
____________________
known
as
the
language
of
Geoffrey
Chaucer
.
Middle
____________________
gave
way
to
modern
English
during
the
Middle
Ages
,
and
Britain
produced
many
great
authors
during
the
____________________
and
17th
centuries
.
