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The Old English spoken by the Anglo-Saxon
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spoken by the Anglo-Saxons
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Language spoken after the Norman conquest, it originated from the blend of Old English, Latin and Norman French
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The language spoken after the Norman Conquest, which acquired literary dignity thanks to Geoffrey Chaucer; it originated from the blend of Old English, Latin and Norman French.
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a war against France which lasted 116 years with alternating results; the English were defeated and lost all their French possessions.
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An incurable disease in Medieval times that largely contributed to the social changes in England
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The villagers (underpaid and exploited peasants) started a revolt to demand greater rights (in 1377 the poll tax was introduced; it was levied on every individual without reference to income or property)
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Lollardy = the last years of Edward III's reign were marked by the rise of a religious movement of reform, called Lollardy
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The War of the Roses = on Henry IV's death a civil war for succession broke out between the House of Lancaster and the House of York; it ended in 1485 when the Lancastrian Henry Tudor
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The first king of the Tudor House
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