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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  
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Context: 1066 Battle of Hastings → William the Conqueror
  
 
→ English Nobles replaced by Normans- the leaders= most influential sector of society  
 
→ English Nobles replaced by Normans- the leaders= most influential sector of society  
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-but mass of the inhabitants of England= English-speaking peasants   
 
-but mass of the inhabitants of England= English-speaking peasants   
  
French- language of upper class for more than 200 years -
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French- language of upper class for more than 200 years  
  
Marked class more than national identity -
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- Marked class more than national identity  
  
French used in writing  -
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- French used in writing   
  
Bilingualism (French landowners in isolated areas, Engl. /Fr. intermarriages among lesser nobility)   
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- Bilingualism (French landowners in isolated areas, Engl. /Fr. intermarriages among lesser nobility)   
  
→ French used on the top and English on the bottom of social scale
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→ French used on the top and English on the bottom of the social scale

Verze z 6. 12. 2014, 15:32

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