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.

All labels observed (11)

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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

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Referenced by (203)

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

Henry I of England language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Maud, Countess of Huntingdon languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Henry of Scotland, Earl of Northumbria languageOfUse Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
siege of Rochester Castle hasLanguageOfPrimarySources Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Stephen Langton languageUsed Anglo-Norman
Gilbert hasLanguageOfOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Edward I's son Edward of Caernarfon language Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: Edward of Caernarfon
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Sybil Corbet languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Count of Calabria hasLanguage Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Norman Conquest of England languageContext Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Emma of Sicily languageOfEnvironment Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Lewis hasLanguageOfOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
House of Balliol languageOfFamily Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Good Queen Maud languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Anglo-Norman court languageUsed Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
d’Aubigny languageOfOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
William d’Aubigny (butler of King Henry I) languageOfName Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
House of Arundel ethnicOrigin Anglo-Norman
House of Arundel language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Henry of Grosmont languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Yola influencedBy Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman language
baronies of Forth and Bargy ethnoLinguisticHeritage Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: Baronies of Forth and Bargy
Elizabeth de Clare languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Saint Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: Saint Edmund Rich
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
King of England hasLanguageOfCourt Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Walter fitz Alan ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
Walter fitz Alan languageOfName Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Curteis hasCulturalOrigin Anglo-Norman
Adeliza of Louvain courtLanguage Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Modern English influencedBy Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Angevin Empire languageUsed Anglo-Norman
Empress Matilda languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Bishop William of St-Calais language Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: William of St-Calais
this entity surface form: Norman French
Richard de Montfort languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Anne Neville languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Montgomerie etymologicalOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Marcher lordships languageUsed Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Guernsey law historicalLanguage Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Hawise de Beaumont culture Anglo-Norman
Amice FitzRobert ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
Bourke hasEthnicAssociation Anglo-Norman