Middle English: the non-standard period

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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

→ 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 social scale