Conquest on the English Language
1. The Danish Invasion
1). about 787
Danish Vikings (海盗)
plundering first,
(849—901)
then permanent settlements
King Alfred the Great (1) education and literature
literature
romances
No written
chronicles, religious poems
language
French English Latin
speaker
nobles, lords
English subject(臣民)
scholars, clergyman
at first
• By the end of the 14th century, when Normans and English intermingled, English was once more the dominant speech in the country. But now it became something different from the old AngloSaxon.
The Normans, from Northern France, Duke William
King of England
revolts suppressed; conquest completed; The Norman Conquest ended the Anglo-Saxon period.
Chronicle
《编年史》
(2) from Latin into English
a monument of Old English prose
2). 1013, Danes again, 30 years’ occupation
• Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf advice"; 849 – 26 October 899), was king of the AngloSaxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, becoming the only English king to be given the epithet "the Great".[1] Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of his life are described in a work by the Welsh scholar and Bishop, Asser. Alfred was a learned man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system and military structure.
Norman Conquest
ended the Anglo-Saxon established the feudalism
The “Domesday Book” 地籍簿
confiscated the lands
（没收）
bestowed
a great survey (赠送给)Anglo-Saxon lords(贵族)
William I pushed England into the feudal society
3. The Influence of the Norman Conquest on the English Language
The Anglo-Saxons, low position; English, despised thing. French words of Warfare and chivalry, art and luxury, science and law, began to come into the English language.
Part II The Anglo-Norman Period
I. The Norman Conquest II. The Literature of Anglo-Norman
Period
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I. The Norman Conquest
1. The Danish Invasion 2. The Norman Conquest 3. The Influence of the Norman
Alfred the Great 阿尔弗烈德大帝
The King succeeded in driving off the Danes.
The King started the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
2. The Norman Conquest
in 1066 battle in Hastings
II. The Literature of Anglo-Norman Period
The literature which they brought to England is remarkable for its bright, romantic tales of love and adventure, in marked contrast with the strength and somberness of Anglo-Saxon poetry. During the following centuries AngloSaxon speech simplified itself by dropping of its Teutonic inflections, absorbed eventually a large part of the French vocabulary, and became the English language. English literature is also a combination of French and Saxon elements.