Anglo-Norman

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Oïl language Romance language language variety

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.

Aliases (9)

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Oïl language → Romance language → language variety →
declinePeriod	late Middle Ages →
developedAfter	Norman Conquest of England →
floruit	12th century → 13th century → 14th century →
follows	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 languages → Italic languages → Oïl languages → Romance languages → Western Romance languages →
partOf	Anglo-Norman language →
startTime	11th century →
status	historical language → no longer spoken as a native language →
subclassOf	Old French → Old Norman →
usedBy	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 → England → Ireland → Wales →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (62)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beatrice of England → Edward I of England ("Anglo-Norman French") → Edward of Windsor ("Anglo-Norman French") → Edward the Black Prince ("Anglo-Norman French") → Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scots ("Anglo-Norman French") → Henry II of England ("Anglo-Norman French") → Henry IV of England ("Anglo-Norman French") → Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress ("Anglo-Norman French") → Isabella of Gloucester ("Anglo-Norman French") → John ("Anglo-Norman French") → Longshanks ("Anglo-Norman French") → Maud, Countess of Huntingdon ("Norman French") → Sybil Corbet ("Anglo-Norman French") → William the Conqueror ("Old Norman French") →	languageSpoken
Anglo-Norman Brut → Edward II of England ("Anglo-Norman French") → Edward of Caernarfon ("Anglo-Norman French") → Eleanor of Castile ("Anglo-Norman French") → English barons ("Anglo-Norman French") → Henry I of England ("Norman French") → Normans ("Old Norman") → Robert the Bruce ("Norman French") → Roman de Rou (Anglo-Norman transmission) →	language
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland ("Anglo-Norman French") → Marie de France ("Anglo-Norman French") → Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall ("Anglo-Norman French") → Wace →	languageOfWorkOrName
British Isles English ("Norman French") → Middle English → Yola language ("Norman French") →	influencedBy
Guernsey Legal French ("Norman French") → Guernsey Legal French →	derivedFrom
Bennett → Howe →	hasOrigin
Channel Islands ("Norman language") → Normandy ("Norman language") →	historicalLanguage
House of Plantagenet → Stephen Langton →	languageUsed
Joan of Acre → Joan of England, Queen of Scotland ("Anglo-Norman French") →	motherTongue
Anglo-Norman ("Old Norman") → Law French ("Anglo-Norman language") →	subclassOf
Law French →	developedFrom
Parliament of Ireland ("Norman French") →	earlierLanguageOfRecord
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon →	ethnicGroup
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale →	ethnicOrigin
Bennett ("Anglo-Norman culture") →	hasCulturalContext
Russell ("Norman French") →	hasEtymologicalOrigin
Count of Calabria ("Norman French") →	hasLanguage
Gilbert ("Norman French") →	hasLanguageOfOrigin
siege of Rochester Castle ("Anglo-Norman French") →	hasLanguageOfPrimarySources
Norman Conquest of England ("Norman French") →	languageContext
Royal Assent ("Norman French") →	languageOfFormalPhrase
FitzRoy ("Norman French") →	languageOfOrigin
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria ("Anglo-Norman French") →	languageOfUse
Roger II of Sicily ("Norman French") →	languagesSpokenWritten
Anglo-Norman Brut ("Anglo-Norman literature") →	literaryCulture
Wace ("Anglo-Norman literature") →	literaryTradition
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland ("Anglo-Norman French") →	nativeLanguage
Anglo-Norman ("Anglo-Norman language") →	partOf
Anglo-Norman ("Anglo-Norman nobility") →	usedBy
John Gower ("Anglo-Norman French") →	writingLanguage