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401
The first manuscript.
It was a poem called BEOWULF. Both the author and the date of composition of the poem are unknown. -
Period: 401 to 500
The Invasion by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians to England
-They spoke the same West Germanic tongue but with different dialects. -Their intermingling created a new Germanic language; now referred to as Anglo-Saxon, or Old English. -
Period: 701 to 1000
Vikings Invasion.
They brought another version of the same Germanic language, now referred to as Old Norse. -
900
Ragnar Lodbrok
Ragnar Lodbrok distinguished himself by many raids against Francia and Anglo-Saxon England during the 9th century. -
Period: 1000 to 1006
Nomad Conquest.
The Normans had an eclectic mix of languages: a Frankish influenced northern French dialect, they introduced around 10,000 words, many of them are evident in the vocabulary surrounding administration, parliament, government, the legal profession and the crown. -
1006
Matilda de Flandes - Nomad Conquest
Matilda de Flandes, was the frist a queen of England in that period. -
Period: 1401 to
The Renaissance.
The English Renaissance acquired thousands of Greek- and Latin words. -
1564
William Shakespeare.
One of the most famous person in that period, was William Shakespeare, who wrote many plays centred in Italy including Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar and Two Gentlemen of Verona. -
First English Dictionary.
In 1604 the first English dictionary was published -
Period: to
Modern English.
Modern English has more words arising from two factors: the industrial Revolution and the British Empire, whereby English will adopt many words from many countries. The main difference is the phonetic in the pronunciation of the vowels and the vocabulary.
