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 Battle of Hastings
surface form: Norman Conquest of England
floruit 12th century
13th century
14th century
follows Normans
surface form: Old Norman
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 language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages
Oïl languages
Romance languages
Western Romance languages
partOf Anglo-Norman self-linksurface differs
surface form: Anglo-Norman language
startTime 11th century
status historical language
no longer spoken as a native language
subclassOf Old French
Anglo-Norman self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Norman
usedBy Anglo-Norman self-linksurface differs
surface form: Anglo-Norman nobility

English legal profession
English royal chancery
Norman aristocracy in England
usedFor chronicles
legal records
parliamentary rolls
religious texts
romances
royal charters
usedIn Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
surface form: Channel Islands

England
Ireland
Wales
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (62)

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

Guernsey Legal French derivedFrom Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Guernsey Legal French derivedFrom Anglo-Norman
Law French developedFrom Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Bennett hasCulturalContext Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman culture
Russell hasEtymologicalOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Count of Calabria hasLanguage Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Gilbert hasLanguageOfOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Bennett hasOrigin Anglo-Norman
Howe hasOrigin Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: Channel Islands
this entity surface form: Norman language
Normandy historicalLanguage Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman language
British Isles English influencedBy Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Middle English influencedBy Anglo-Norman
Yola language influencedBy Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Anglo-Norman Brut language Anglo-Norman
Edward II of England language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
subject surface form: Edward of Caernarfon
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Eleanor of Castile language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
English barons language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Henry I of England language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Normans language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Old Norman
Robert the Bruce language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
this entity surface form: Norman French
Royal Assent languageOfFormalPhrase Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
FitzRoy languageOfOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Wace languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman
Beatrice of England languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
Edward I of England languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Edward of Windsor languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Henry II of England languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
subject surface form: Henry IV of England
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
John languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Longshanks languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Norman French
Sybil Corbet languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Old Norman French
House of Plantagenet languageUsed Anglo-Norman