From Germanic to Modern English By amsf3 100 We think that the runes inscription began 100 Roman empire conquered britain 200 Earliest runic inscrption in Scandinavia 400 Roman empire leave 449 Germanics conquered Britain 450 Latin language started to replaced celtic runes and spread the language 500 Salian Franks Law 597 Agustine spread books in language language 603 The law Ethelbert: The first english text written in latin alphabet Period: 603 to 803 Only 3 more legal texts were produced 730 The History Of The Church Of The English People by Bede 800 The poetry began Period: 871 to 899 The new era of english literature began because of King Alfred the great 1066 The norman Conquest 1337 The 100 years war 1350 The most simmilar english text to actual english 1390 The canterbury tales 1417 Henry V use english and french in his letters 1476 Printing office