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.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Anglo-Norman French 23
Norman French 14
Anglo-Norman language 2

Statements (59)

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.

Stephen Langton → languageUsed → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norman French
Anglo-Norman Brut → literaryCulture → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman literature
Wace → literaryTradition → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman literature
Joan of Acre → motherTongue → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Anglo-Norman → partOf → Anglo-Norman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman → subclassOf → Anglo-Norman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norman
Law French → subclassOf → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman → usedBy → Anglo-Norman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman nobility
John Gower → writingLanguage → Anglo-Norman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French