LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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The conquered English quickly studied French.
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The French conquerors learned English in order to be able to govern well.
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Latin became a common language for interaction between the two groups.
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Most of the English population went on speaking English with French used mostly among the upper-ruling class.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Norman Conquest introduced a period of significant change in the linguistic, cultural and political landscape of England, as a new king took the throne and Anglo-Norman became the dominant language of the royal court and government.
Detailed explanation-2: -One effect of the Norman Conquest was the eclipse of the English vernacular as the language of literature, law, and administration in Britain. Superseded in official documents and other records by Latin and then increasingly in all areas by Anglo-Norman, written English hardly reappeared until the 13th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the Anglo-Saxons had used their own language, which we call Old English, for all manner of things, the Normans replaced it with Latin first, then Anglo-Norman as the official language for all forms of documentation and literature.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops-all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.