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William duke of Normandy invaded England and brought Norman French into the country. For then next 3 centuries the upper class spoke French it was the language of power and wealth of education and the law.
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Words began to change for example Lond- land, Kirk- church, doth- has/does
sound changes were having an effect on pronunciation
printing was fixing in the late middle English -
First translation to English from latin (verbatum)
Opposed to power and wealth of the church
Condemned for heracy
Died before so they burnt his bones -
first great writer in English
different dialects
'Canterbury tales' 1388 24 stories
language helped to standardise London dialect. -
Bulk of letters written by the paston family sold by William paston in the early 18th century. The paston family takes its name from Norfolk and they lived there in the early 15th century
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Rebirth 15- 17 century
First signs of this period 1450
Science started to show in disciplines, medicine, astronomy, natural science and physics
Printing press most important invention of Renaissance period
Astronomy discovered
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The printing press was made by William Caxton in 1476. The first book he printed in English was 'the recuyell of the historyes of troye'.
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Letters were written to deal with political matters rather than to exchange personal information. They were delivered by servants called call boys.
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original Hebrew/ Greek
added new ideoms/ phrases
translated for the common man
main influence of King James Bible 1611
believed that the church was lazy and nobody understood the bible. -
regarded as the founder of English Language lexis orthography
theories not accepted until at least 250 years till after death -
In 1601 the poor law was passed. The poor law allowed people to work and they got food/money.
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Robert caudry
For people who did not understand scriptures
2500 hard words -
1611 King James bible published. Was written to be spoken out loud for all to hear and to spread. Was in English. William Tyndall was the translator of the bible, started making it in 1584.
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The dean house workhouse was built in 1861 and opened a year later. Was open from 1862- 20th century. Majority of inmates were from Yorkshire.