English evolution | Chapter 7

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  • Angles' language text
    98

    Angles' language text

    Tacitus wrote about angles and their language
  • At the beginning of Roman conquest
    100

    At the beginning of Roman conquest

  • Period: 100 to 400

    Roman Empire conquered Britain

  • The earliest runic inscriptions
    200

    The earliest runic inscriptions

    especially in Scandinavia
  • At the beginning of Irish & Pics invasion
    400

    At the beginning of Irish & Pics invasion

  • Period: 400 to 448

    Irish and the Picts Britain invasion.

  • German's invation
    449

    German's invation

    It was pretty easy for the Germans (Angles and Saxons) to invade Britain.
  • Proto-Germanic
    450

    Proto-Germanic

    Runas as common writting
  • Force Latin to Northumbria
    450

    Force Latin to Northumbria

    Christian erase the Runs
  • Augustine as a missionary to Britain
    597

    Augustine as a missionary to Britain

    Pope Gregory sent the Roman prelate Augustine as a
    missionary to Britain, with a party of followers and, take books in Latin with them
  • Ethelbert's Law
    603

    Ethelbert's Law

    Written in Latin.
  • Lingua Anglorum
    701

    Lingua Anglorum

    The name of the language in the eighth century
  • "Englisc” as the name of the language
    801

    "Englisc” as the name of the language

    In the ninth century
  • 4 legal documents
    803

    4 legal documents

    In 200 years only have been writing 3 more documents
  • French & Italian appears
    1001

    French & Italian appears

    eleventh century
  • Norman conquest
    1066

    Norman conquest

  • 1200

    People wrote in english again

  • England as nation state
    1301

    England as nation state

    fourteenth-century
  • At the beginning of 100 years' battle
    1337

    At the beginning of 100 years' battle

  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    The 100 years war

    France vs Britain
  • Current English
    1350

    Current English

    The first time that we know of the "same" English which we use now.
  • The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
    1390

    The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

    The most popular book at that moment. At the beginning of the classics
  • Writing English & French as a popular trend
    1417

    Writing English & French as a popular trend

    King Henry V respond to their letters in both languages.
  • First printing office
    1476

    First printing office

    The first printing office for English books was set up in
    London.
  • 1500

    Start appear new languages

    During 16th century