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Invasion of England
- Angles, Saxons and Jutes were Germanic tribes
- Those tribes pushed out the Celtic speaking people who then went to Wales, Ireland or Scotland Angles - Engle (Germany) which means English
- Angles, Saxons and Jutes were Germanic tribes
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597
6th Century
Latin Christianity come to England -
600
7th Century
Latin alphabet was introduced -
878
9th Century
- Vikings, Danes (Denmark) and Norseman They introduced 2000+ words -
975
10th Century
Beowulf was written - version of runic alphabet -
1066
Another Invasion
- William the conqueror (French) invaded and took over England
- Those who came over with him were referred to as Normans Considered cultured and refined
- William the conqueror (French) invaded and took over England
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1337
King Henry is the first English king
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1450
Printing press was invented
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1530
16th Century
Early Modern english:
- Shakespeare - english renaissance caused vowel shift with the re-entry Latin and Greek was introduced
Standardisation of english - grammar - dictionaries -
First English dictionary