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.

Geoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Mabel FitzRobert ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
Mabel FitzRobert languageUsed Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Hugh Despenser the Younger languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
John of Cornwall languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
Montacute etymologyOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Old Norman influenced Anglo-Norman
Old Norman hasDescendant Anglo-Norman
Isabella of England languageOfUse Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Powers hasLanguageOfOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Matter of Britain hasCulturalOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman literature
FitzRoy family languageOfFamilyName Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Blanche of Lancaster languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Provisions of Oxford language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Drogo of Hauteville languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Old Norman French
Robert de Mowbray languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Aveline de Forz languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
Mary of Lancaster languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Fables language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Espurgatoire Seint Patriz language Anglo-Norman
Plantagenet court languageUsed Anglo-Norman
Mary of Woodstock languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Prince Edward languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: Edward I of England
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Rahere ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
Rahere languageOfEnvironment Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Peverel family language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Edwardian court languageUsed Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Norman language influenced Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman language
Brut chronicles hasLanguage Anglo-Norman
Brut chronicles hasLanguage Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Margaret de Clare languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
County of Richmond languageOfAdministration Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Middle English vowel system underInfluenceOf Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
William de Soulis heritage Anglo-Norman
Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster languageOfUse Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Edmund de Burgh languageOfEnvironment Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Desmond (historical region in Ireland) laterLanguage Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: Desmond
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Stephen of Blois languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
Ada de Warenne languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Richard of Bordeaux languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon languageOfUse Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Simon de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
Waltheof de Senlis ethnicity Anglo-Norman