Middle English Flashcards
1
Q
When was Middle English (ME) period
A
1066 to late 1400s
2
Q
What happened in 1066 and what was the impact
A
Battle of Hastings - French arrive in England
French influence - the Norman Conquest
Impact: language of social class + power with French influence -
words in art/learning/medicine - anatomy
Church/religion - marriage
Warfare - enemy
Govt/law- convict
Fashion/food/social - button
29% Fr in English
3
Q
What happened in 1348?
A
Black Death Pandemic - millions of English speakers died so emergence of middle class
4
Q
What happened in 1476?
A
William Caxton invented the printing press
5
Q
When was the great vowel shift and impact?
A
1350-1700s
Standardised spellings
Lexically - knyght- knight
