From Germanic to Modern English

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  • 100

    We think that the runes inscription began

  • 100

    Roman empire conquered britain

  • 200

    Earliest runic inscrption in Scandinavia

  • 400

    Roman empire leave

  • 449

    Germanics conquered Britain

  • 450

    Latin language started to replaced celtic runes and spread the language

  • 500

    Salian Franks Law

  • 597

    Agustine spread books in language language

  • 603

    The law Ethelbert: The first english text written in latin alphabet

  • Period: 603 to 803

    Only 3 more legal texts were produced

  • 730

    The History Of The Church Of The English People by Bede

  • 800

    The poetry began

  • Period: 871 to 899

    The new era of english literature began because of King Alfred the great

  • 1066

    The norman Conquest

  • 1337

    The 100 years war

  • 1350

    The most simmilar english text to actual english

  • 1390

    The canterbury tales

  • 1417

    Henry V use english and french in his letters

  • 1476

    Printing office