Anglo-Norman

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Anglo-Norman is a variety of Old Norman French that developed in England after the Norman Conquest and served as a key language of the medieval English court, law, and literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oïl language ⓘ
Romance language ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
declinePeriod late Middle Ages ⓘ
developedAfter Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hastings
floruit 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
follows Old Norman ⓘ
linked to: Normans
hasDialect Law French ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature loanwords from Old English ⓘ
phonological traits of Norman dialects ⓘ
strong French–English code-switching in documents ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Lawman (Layamon, via Anglo-Norman sources) ⓘ
Marie de France ⓘ
Wace ⓘ
hasNotableWork Anglo-Norman Brut ⓘ
Roman de Rou (Anglo-Norman transmission) ⓘ
hasRegister administrative Anglo-Norman ⓘ
legal Anglo-Norman ⓘ
literary Anglo-Norman ⓘ
hasUse language of English administration ⓘ
language of English law ⓘ
language of medieval English literature ⓘ
language of the English royal court ⓘ
influenced English administrative vocabulary ⓘ
English culinary vocabulary ⓘ
English heraldic terminology ⓘ
English legal vocabulary ⓘ
Guernsey Legal French ⓘ
Jersey Legal French ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
languageFamily Gallo-Romance languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
Italic languages ⓘ
Oïl languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
Western Romance languages ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Norman language ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
startTime 11th century ⓘ
status historical language ⓘ
no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ
subclassOf Old French ⓘ
Old Norman ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
usedBy Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

English legal profession ⓘ
English royal chancery ⓘ
Norman aristocracy in England ⓘ
usedFor chronicles ⓘ
legal records ⓘ
parliamentary rolls ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
romances ⓘ
royal charters ⓘ
usedIn Channel Islands ⓘ
England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Referenced by (411)

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Middle English → influencedBy → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
English barons → language → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Normans → language → Old Norman ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
British Isles English → influencedBy → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Channel Islands → historicalLanguage → Norman language ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Russell → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Edward I of England → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman → subclassOf → Old Norman ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman → partOf → Anglo-Norman language ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman → usedBy → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Robert the Bruce → language → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
John Gower → writingLanguage → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Old French → ancestorOf → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Royal Assent → languageOfFormalPhrase → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Roger II of Sicily → languagesSpokenWritten → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
William the Conqueror → languageSpoken → Old Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Parliament of Ireland → earlierLanguageOfRecord → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Yola language → influencedBy → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
House of Plantagenet → languageUsed → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Normandy → historicalLanguage → Norman language ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Isabella of Gloucester → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland → motherTongue → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland → nativeLanguage → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland → languageOfWorkOrName → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Edward II of England → language → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Howe → hasOrigin → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall → languageOfWorkOrName → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
John → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
FitzRoy → languageOfOrigin → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Marie de France → languageOfWorkOrName → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Joan of Acre → motherTongue → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Guernsey Legal French → derivedFrom → Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Guernsey Legal French → derivedFrom → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Law French → subclassOf → Anglo-Norman language ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Law French → developedFrom → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Anglo-Norman Brut → language → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Anglo-Norman Brut → literaryCulture → Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Wace → languageOfWorkOrName → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Wace → literaryTradition → Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Henry II of England → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Beatrice of England → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Eleanor of Castile → language → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Longshanks → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Bennett → hasOrigin → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Bennett → hasCulturalContext → Anglo-Norman culture ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Edward of Windsor → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman
Henry IV of England → languageSpoken → Anglo-Norman French ⓘ
subject linked to: King Henry IV of England
linked to: Anglo-Norman