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450–1100 Old English (Anglo-Saxon) – The language of Beowulf.
1100–1500 Middle English – The language of Chaucer.
1500–1650 Early Modern English (or Renaissance English) – The language of Shakespeare.
1650–present Modern English (or Present-Day English) – The language as spoken today.

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