5 Questions
What is the most famous work in Old English literature?
Beowulf
Which language became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society after the Norman conquest of England?
French
What is the term for the English spoken after the Normans came to England?
Middle English
When did the Chancery Standard, a form of English, come into existence?
1470s
What are the earliest forms of English called?
Old English
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