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Part 2 Almost 500 different French loan words occur in the Canterbury tales he also introduced many new words into the language up to 2000 were almost certainly words in everyday use in the 14th century.

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In 1066, William 1 invaded thus having a huge impact on the language

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Normans centralised the shires system and systems of accounting grew in sophistication

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It is estimated that up to 85%bof Anglo saxon words were lost as a result of the viking and particularly the normal invasions

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Anglo norman french became the language of the kings and nobility for more than 300

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Anglo norman french became the language of the kings and nobility for more than 300

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More humble jobs such as millers, bakers, shoemakers, etc were English names. Jobs that required more skill more often had French names such as mason, tailor, painted.

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A handful of French loanwords established themselves only in Scotland (which had increasingly become English in character during the early middle English period)

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Doomsday book written in Latin to emphasise its legal authority

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Part 1  Chaucer and the birth of English literature:
He began writing his famous Cantabury tales in the early 1380s'in English which is critical because text in early English were written in either French or Latin. A shift of language from Latin and French into English. It is considered the first great work of English literature and demonstrated artistic legitimacy of vernacular middle English.

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The animals in the field kept their English names however once cooked and served their names become French

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While Anglo-Norman became the verbal language, Latin was still dominant in text, especially administrative and religious texts.

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While humble trades retained their Anglo saxon names (Baker) the more skilled trades adopted French names

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Two languages merged over time - anglo Saxon and norman

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Lower classes continued to speak English

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Normal language became the language of Kings and nobility for more than 300 years

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The normans bequeathed over 10,000 words of English (about 3/4 are still in use today), including a huge number of suffixes. Perhaps predictability many of them related to matters of crown 👑 and nobility

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The Normans spoke a rural dialect of French with considerable Germanic influences, usually called Anglo-Norman or Norman French.

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The Norman conquest began the transition from old English to Middle English when William the conqueror invaded Britain.

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The transition from Old English to Middle English was the Norman Conquest of 1066