Dates Flashcards
1
Q
55/54BC
A
Ceasar
2
Q
43
A
Claudius: Roman invasion
3
Q
122
A
Hadrian‘s Wall
4
Q
410
A
Romans go
5
Q
449
A
Germanic tribes
6
Q
597+
A
Christianisation
7
Q
9th century
A
Viking raids
8
Q
1016
A
King Kanute
9
Q
Caesar
A
Widespread bilingualism
10
Q
Romans go
A
Kingdoms
11
Q
Germanic tribes
A
Jutes, Frisians, Angles, Saxons
12
Q
Christianisation
A
Monks: literacy and learning
13
Q
Viking raids
A
Manuscripts translated from Latin to English
14
Q
King Kanute
A
Danish Empire
15
Q
1066
A
Norman conquest
16
Q
1204
A
King John loses Normandy
17
Q
11th-14th century
A
English, French, Latin
18
Q
13th-14th century
A
Towns develop
19
Q
1392
A
English parliament
20
Q
1423
A
Parliament records
21
Q
Norman conquest
A
English, French, Latin
22
Q
King John loses Normandy
A
Reassertion of English
23
Q
English, French, Latin
A
Dialects
24
Q
Towns develop
A
Middle class- French
25
English parliament
English
26
Parliament records
English
27
1496
Caxton’s printing press
28
1500-1650
Renaissance
29
1509-1547
Reformation
30
1525
Bible translations
31
1533-1603
Elizabethan Age
32
1603+
Jacobean Age
33
16th-17th century
Post service develops
34
Printing press
Standardisation, London dialect
35
Renaissance
Interest in classics
36
Reformation
King as head of church
37
Bible translations
Defence of English
38
Elizabethan Age
Theatre, prosperity
39
Jacobean Age
Shakespeare
40
Postal service develops
Middle class become literate
41
1600+
British East India Company
42
1755
Dictionary of the English Language
43
British East India Company
Global language, international goods, killer language, colonisation
44
Dictionary of the English Language
New genre, standardisation
45
Old English
450-1150
46
Middle English
1150-1500
47
Early Modern English
1500-1700
48
Late Modern English
1700-1900
49
Present Day Modern English
1900+
