Norman French O Anglo Saxons example essay topic

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Indo-European Influences o First language spoken in Britain was Celtic. o Celts came from Central Asia. o Celtic had little effect on English o Celts were driven to the North and West of Britain. o Celtic still spoken in Scotland & Wales. o Celtic words- bog, galore. o Celtic place name- Avon river o 55 AD Roman invasion (Julius Caesar) o Romans brought Latin. o Roman occupation lasted 400 years. o During Roman occupation Celtic & Latin was spoken. o Latin word- c astra meaning camp. Used in town names Chester, Lancaster & Gloucester Old English (500 AD-1100 AD) o English dates from 5th C. o 5th C Britain invaded by Angles, Saxons & Jutes. o Angles, Saxons & Jutes from north Germany. o Angles, Saxons & Jutes were farmers. o Angles, Saxons & Jutes language was Anglo-Saxon. o Anglo-Saxon main language spoken for 500 years. o Anglo-Saxon forms the basic vocab of English. o Anglo-Saxon vocab members of family, parts of body, food, numbers up to 1000 and verbs. o 9th & 10th C Danes & Vikings invasion. o Danes & Vikings spoke Old Norse. o Old Norse & Anglo-Saxon come from Teutonic. o Old English = Old Norse + Anglo-Saxon Norman Conquest & Middle English (1066 AD-1500 AD) o 1066 William the Conqueror and the Norman army invaded Britain. o Normans were lawyers, government officials and traders. o The Normans spoke Norman French. o Anglo-Saxons were dominated by the Normans. o French became the official language of England for 300 years. o Latin still used in church and schools. o The Anglo-Saxon was still spoken by the Anglo-Saxons. o Middle English = Norman French + Old English. o New words from Norman French are master and supper. o Geoffrey Chaucer used English to write books "The Canterbury Tales". The Renaissance o Renaissance means re-birth. o New words from Latin & Greek. Words = education, experiment, investigate. o 10,000 new words. o Shakespeare was one of the heaviest contributors to this. Words = Longhaired, hot blooded, obscene. o Standardization o 1467 Caxton introduced the first printing press and used his East Midland dialect. o 1755 Dr Johnston introduced the first English dictionary.