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the language of the Anglo-Saxons (up to about 1150), a highly inflected language with a largely Germanic vocabulary, very different from modern English. Words
abutan - about, around
ac - but, however
anlicnes - image -
Roman forces had been withdrawn, and small, isolated bands of migrating Germans began to invade Britain. The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, which in Britain developed into
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Introduced new religious words from both Latin and Greek
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Composed sometime between the 8th century and the 11th century
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Establish a kingdom at York and begin influencing English
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French becomes the language of the upper-class and English became the language of the lower-class. For a period
there was a kind of linguistic class division,
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spoken after the Norman conquest (1066) until the late 15th century Words
al, al be that: although
coy: quiet
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The University of Cambridge is formed by scholars from Oxford. The scholars had migrated to Cambridge from Oxford to escape hostile townsmen. By 1226 the scholars were numerous enough to have set up an organization represented by a Chancellor. The school had arranged regular courses of study and taught their own members
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Also known as The Great Charter. It was the first limit on the absolute authority of the king or queen
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Makes English the official language in England. Parliament is opened with its first speech delivered in English. In 1399, at his coronation, King Henry IV becomes the first English monarch to deliver a speech in English
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a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400
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Allowed people to print in large quantities and spread word quickly. Printing also brought standardization to English.
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Columbus sailed the ocean blue and found North America which spread English to a new continent
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the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the English Interregnum and Restoration Words
Ye- You
Art- Are
on, yonder - that one there -
It proved for the first time that people could gocern themselves
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First Folio of Shakespeare is the first printed collection of Shakespeare's plays.It is considered one of the most influential books ever published in the English language
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It further limited the power of the king and expanded essential rights to the common people such as freedom of speech, free elections, no standing army, and the right to due process of the law
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Lead to America's independence from Britain and a new form of government
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spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England
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The telegraph is invented allowing almost instant communication between distant lands.
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First dictionary written by the Oxford English; large composition of a language
