Dates Flashcards by Jenny Salisbury

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55/54BC

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Ceasar

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43

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Claudius: Roman invasion

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122

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Hadrian‘s Wall

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410

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Romans go

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449

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Germanic tribes

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597+

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Christianisation

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9th century

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Viking raids

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1016

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King Kanute

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Caesar

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Widespread bilingualism

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Romans go

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Kingdoms

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Germanic tribes

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Jutes, Frisians, Angles, Saxons

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Christianisation

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Monks: literacy and learning

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Viking raids

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Manuscripts translated from Latin to English

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King Kanute

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Danish Empire

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1066

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Norman conquest

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1204

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King John loses Normandy

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11th-14th century

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English, French, Latin

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13th-14th century

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Towns develop

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1392

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English parliament

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1423

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Parliament records

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Norman conquest

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English, French, Latin

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King John loses Normandy

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Reassertion of English

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English, French, Latin

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Dialects

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Towns develop

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Middle class- French

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English parliament

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English

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Parliament records

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English

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1496

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Caxton’s printing press

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1500-1650

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Renaissance

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1509-1547

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Reformation

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1525

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Bible translations

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1533-1603

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Elizabethan Age

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1603+

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Jacobean Age

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16th-17th century

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Post service develops

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Printing press

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Standardisation, London dialect

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Renaissance

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Interest in classics

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Reformation

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King as head of church

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Bible translations

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Defence of English

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Elizabethan Age

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Theatre, prosperity

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Jacobean Age

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Shakespeare

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Postal service develops

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Middle class become literate

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1600+

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British East India Company

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1755

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Dictionary of the English Language

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British East India Company

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Global language, international goods, killer language, colonisation

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Dictionary of the English Language

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New genre, standardisation

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Old English

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450-1150

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Middle English

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1150-1500

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Early Modern English

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1500-1700

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Late Modern English

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1700-1900

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Present Day Modern English

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1900+