I.Early Writing .Beowulf,a long poem from Anglo-Saxon times,is one of the oldest of the early“Old English”literary works. .The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer(1343- 1400)was written in "Middle English",made up of a series of stories told by pilgrims on their way to the important Christian Church at Canterbury in southeast England(right).I. Early Writing •Beowulf , a long poem from Anglo-Saxon times, is one of the oldest of the early “Old English” literary works. •The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343— 1400 ) was written in “Middle English”, made up of a series of stories told by pilgrims on their way to the important Christian Church at Canterbury in southeast England (right)