Key Events in the development of the English Language Flashcards
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Old English Timeline
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700s to 1100s
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Old English Key Events
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Scandinavian Vikings(Anglo-Saxons), Norman Conquest
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Middle English Timeline
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1100-1500
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Middle English Key Events
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English heavily influenced by Normal English- Old English still common among lower classes, Colonisation
5
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Early Modern English Timeline
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1500-1800
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Early Modern English Key Events
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Printing Press, European Renaissance, further Colonisation, Shakespeare
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Late Modern English Timeline
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1800-Modern day
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Late Modern English Key Events
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1755 first dictionary published, New discoveries in science, medicine and technology, English now the ‘international language.’
