Anglo-Norman literature

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Anglo-Norman literature is the body of medieval writings in the Anglo-Norman dialect of Old French produced in England after the Norman Conquest, encompassing genres such as chronicles, romances, saints’ lives, and fables.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French-language literature ⓘ
literary tradition ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
vernacular literature ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-Norman England ⓘ
linked to: Norman England

Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
Anglo-Norman court culture ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman court
culturalContext Anglo-Norman culture ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

medieval England ⓘ
developedAfter Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
developedIn England ⓘ
endTime late Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to: Late Middle Ages
floruit 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
genreIncludes chronicle ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
fable ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
historical narrative ⓘ
law treatise ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
romance ⓘ
saints’ lives ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Benoît de Sainte-Maure ⓘ
Lawman’s Anglo-Norman contemporaries ⓘ
Marie de France ⓘ
Wace ⓘ
hasNotableWork Anglo-Norman Brut chronicles ⓘ
Fables of Marie de France ⓘ
Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal ⓘ
Roman de Brut ⓘ
Roman de Rou ⓘ
Vie de Saint Edward le Confesseur ⓘ
influenced English legal vocabulary ⓘ
Middle English literature ⓘ
linked to: Middle English
influencedBy Continental Old French literature ⓘ
Latin literature ⓘ
linked to: Roman literature

insular historical tradition ⓘ
language Anglo-Norman ⓘ
languageFamily Old French ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
startTime late 11th century ⓘ
usedBy English legal profession ⓘ
royal administration in England ⓘ
usedFor courtly entertainment ⓘ
historical record ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ
writtenInScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fables → culturalContext → Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ
Tristan → influencedBy → Anglo-Norman Tristan tradition ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman literature
Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal → literaryTradition → Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ
Wace's Roman de Brut → literaryMovement → Anglo-Norman literature ⓘ