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

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Referenced by (203)

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

Waltheof de Senlis languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Eadwine Psalter language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Anne Mortimer languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
William of Aumale ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
William of Aumale language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Margaret of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Aymer de Valence languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Burke hasEtymologicalOrigin Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman de Burgh
Thomas of Windsor nativeLanguage Anglo-Norman
Russell hasOrigin Anglo-Norman
Eleanor of Brittany languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Dervorguilla of Galloway languageUsed Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Isabella de Warenne languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Margaret of Huntingdon language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
de Brus ethnicOrigin Anglo-Norman
Isabel de Clare ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
Isabel de Clare languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
de Bohun family language Anglo-Norman
FitzGerald ethnicOrigin Anglo-Norman
Geraldines ethnicOrigin Anglo-Norman
Pale language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Ranulf de Blondeville languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Sybil languageOfEnvironment Anglo-Norman
Henry, Bishop of Winchester languageUsed Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
de Lacy family languageOfFamily Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
de Quincy family ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
de Quincy family languageOfFamily Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
FitzWalter family languageOfOrigin Anglo-Norman
Norman England dominantLanguage Anglo-Norman
siege of Dover (1216–1217) languageOfPrimarySources Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Marshal languageOfOrigin Anglo-Norman
Sibyl Marshal ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
Sibyl Marshal languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Joan Marshal ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
Joan Marshal languageOfWorkOrName Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
English fleet commander Hubert de Burgh languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: Hubert de Burgh
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
William d'Aubigny language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
1st Earl of Pembroke language Anglo-Norman
subject surface form: William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke languageOfUse Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Statutes of Kilkenny languageOfWork Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Norman French
House of Fitzalan language Anglo-Norman
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Philip d'Aubigny ethnicGroup Anglo-Norman
Falkes de Bréauté languageOfName Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Nichola de la Haye languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke languageOfEnvironment Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French
Maud Marshal language Anglo-Norman
this entity surface form: Anglo-Norman French