<P> There were considerable losses of manuscripts as a result of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century . Scholarly study of the language began when the manuscripts were collected by scholars and antiquarians such as Matthew Parker , Laurence Nowell and Sir Robert Bruce Cotton . </P>
<P> There were considerable losses of manuscripts as a result of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century . Scholarly study of the language began when the manuscripts were collected by scholars and antiquarians such as Matthew Parker , Laurence Nowell and Sir Robert Bruce Cotton . </P>
what happened to many manuscripts of anglo-saxon literature
what happened to many manuscripts of anglo-saxon literature
the Dissolution of the Monasteries
the Dissolution of the Monasteries