Question: Show how the voices of writers across many centuries of literature have represented a variety of mentalities and lifestyles. .Centuries could pass, and not many changes could be easily perceived by the common man, since those changes occurred gradually. Yet these changes can easily be spotted by looking at England as a whole, not by looking at individual parts of the story. The alterations of life, when viewed from a certain literary point of view, can be explained by looking at the different periods of English literature, seeing the depictions of a certain era through writings that unintentionally convey great variations in people's mentalities and lifestyles. who lived in that period. From war and violence to the more gentlemanly inclinations of love and peace, English literature has evolved over the centuries, especially when considering the differences between the Old English, Renaissance, and Romantic periods. Anglo-Saxon history is undoubtedly very interesting to study. , for the period spans several centuries and several inhabitants of the land now known as England. The main characteristic of this period was the heroic ideal, which was a hero's attempt to do things like sail a ship in a storm and tame a horse better than anyone else. The hero's first priority, however, was to always be ready to fight. The Angles were a pagan race, who worshiped the old Norse gods and the Wyrd (destiny). It is very important to remember that it was the Anglo-Saxons who determined the basic language and culture of the English race, therefore they were the foundation on which literature would be based. The earliest literature found in the history of this period dates back to the reign of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. It wasn't really literature, in the sense that it was written by anyone, in mass-produced copies. The literature of the time was made up of songs, sung by bards, which embellished the story with each story. It was only in later years that the stories were written. This occurred during the reign of Christianity, where the monks had tried to transcribe all the tales sung by the bards, the ancient folktales of the Anglo-Saxons. The monks also tried to instill in the Anglo-Saxons a love for Christianity, where the heroes were Christ and his apostles, writing such poems as "Cinevulf", "The Dream of the Cross",€?