ENGL 221 Lecture Notes - Middle English, Jutes
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Back in 43 ad the island that will be england is filled with many separate tribes. Claudius joins these tribes but rome is taken down by the visigoths so roman influence disappears. 449 ad during the reign of emperor marchin. The angles and the saxons and the jutes are hired to fight the scotts. Monks come over in the 7th century to convert the pagans. Beowulf gets written down after christianity influences the culture. Three basic periods: old english 450 - 1200 (anglo-saxon, middle english 1200 - 1500 (combination of anglo-saxon, anglo-norman, and a lot of. William the conquered invades england with the normans changes the old english which has its roots in germanic linguistics. Beowulf was given to us when the language was changing and the instrumental was on its way out and the latin was being introduced. The first syllable had almost all the emphasis and the endings stated dropping off, word order became more important.
