Middle English: the non-standard period: Porovnání verzí

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1. What were the specific roles of English and French in the Early ME society?   
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'''1. What were the specific roles of English and French in the Early ME society?'''  
  
 
Context: 1066 Battle of Hastings → William the Conqueror   
 
Context: 1066 Battle of Hastings → William the Conqueror   
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→ English Nobles replaced by Normans- the leaders= most influential sector of society  
 
→ English Nobles replaced by Normans- the leaders= most influential sector of society  
  
-Most of the Church leaders French as well  
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- Most of the Church leaders French as well  
  
-but mass of the inhabitants of England= English-speaking peasants   
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- but mass of the inhabitants of England= English-speaking peasants   
  
 
French- language of upper class for more than 200 years  
 
French- language of upper class for more than 200 years  

Verze z 6. 12. 2014, 15:33

1. What were the specific roles of English and French in the Early ME society?

Context: 1066 Battle of Hastings → William the Conqueror

→ English Nobles replaced by Normans- the leaders= most influential sector of society

- Most of the Church leaders French as well

- but mass of the inhabitants of England= English-speaking peasants

French- language of upper class for more than 200 years

- Marked class more than national identity

- French used in writing

- Bilingualism (French landowners in isolated areas, Engl. /Fr. intermarriages among lesser nobility)

→ French used on the top and English on the bottom of the social scale