In 1066, the invasion of William the Conqueror introduced Norman French to England when it became the language of the ruling class. The thousands of words it contributed to the language (especially ...

Despite their power, few words at the time made it from Old Norse into the English language. Simply put, English wasn’t a language that budged easily. At the time, English had about 25,000 words, and ...

The various dialects of the newcomers made up the Anglo-Saxon or Old English language. The “English” people weren’t the last settlers (or invaders) to grace the shores of England ...

In the "Ecclesiastical History of the English People," the Venerable Bede wrote that Redwald, King of East Anglia starting ...

English owes much to its Anglo Saxon origins. Listen to the voices of rogues, knights and fops as they chart the history of the language. The Anglo-Saxons - A brief introduction to the origins of ...

The Medieval Institute and Medieval Institute Publications were involved with the publication of Old ... Language Association.” - From the foreword In this volume, Thomas H. Ohlgren examines ten ...

The term Anglo-Saxon is a relatively modern one ... and spoke their own language, which gave rise to the English spoken today. The Anglo-Saxons also brought their own religious beliefs, but ...