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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD (1066-1350) I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION The Normans. The name Norman, which is a softened form of Northman, tells its own story. The men who bore the name came originally from Scandinavia, — bands of big, blond, fearless men cruising after plunder and adventure in their Viking ships, and bringing terror wherever they appeared. It was these same " Children of Woden " who, under the Danes' raven flag, had blotted out Northumbrian civilization in the ninth century. Later the same race of men came plundering along the French coast and conquered the whole northern country; but here the results were altogether different. Instead of blotting out a superior civilization, as the Danes had done, they promptly abandoned their own. Their name of Normandy still clings to the new home; but all else that was Norse disappeared as the conquerors intermarried with the native Franks and accepted French ideals and spoke the French language. So rapidly did they adopt and improve the Roman civilization of the natives that, from a rude tribe of heathen Vikings, they had developed within a single century into the most polished and intellectual people in all Europe. The union of Norse and French (i.e. Roman- Gallic) blood had here produced a race having the best qualities of both, — the will power and energy of the one, the eager curiosity and vivid imagination of the other. When these Norman-French people appeared in Anglo-Saxon England they brought with them three noteworthy things: a lively Celtic disposition, a vigorous and progressive Latin civilization, and a Romance language.1 We are to think of the conquerors, therefore, as they thought and spoke of themselves in the Domesday Book and all their contemporary literature, not as Normans but as Franci, that is... A History of the English Language - SlideShare A History of the English Language 1. A History of the English Language Fifth Edition Baugh and Cable ... 2011 MA Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and ... ... Suggested Authors in World Literature 114 ... Handlin English Language Arts and History/Social Science ... of historical and literary significance ... History of Canada - Wikipedia The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization the lands ... Teaching materials: using literature in the EFL/ ESL ... Literature has been a subject of study in many countries at a secondary or tertiary level but until recently has not been given much emphasis in the EFL/ESL classroom. Canada - Simple English Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Canada (i / k n d /; French: ) is a country and sovereign state in North America located to the north of the United States. Its land reaches from the ... Calls for papers Conferences taking place in June 2017 ... Whats in a Century? Biannual Conference for Scholars of English in Finland FINSSE-8 University of Turku and bo Akademi University Finland 7-9 June 2017 Jacques Lacan (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Jacques Lacan (April 13 1901 to September 9 1981) was a major figure in Parisian intellectual life for much of the twentieth century. Sometimes referred to as ... England - Wikipedia The name "England" is derived from the Old English name Englaland which means "land of the Angles". The Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Great ... Calls for contributions to books and special issues of ... M@king It New In English Language Teaching A special issue of ELOPE Vol. 14 No. 1 (2017) Deadline for proposals: 10 January 2016. English Language Teaching is a ... Introduction to English-speaking Countries (Lesson Outlines) Week 1: About the English language Where English is spoken; its history; its significance in the modern world. (no presentation available)
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