Middle English

Here are some events that changed the language in its phases as Middle English (from 1066 to 1500) and Early Modern English (1500 to 1800):

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

As it happens, English-speakers did employ the word guerre toward the end of the Middle English period, and they kept it in circulation for roughly ten generations.

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Written in a discursive Middle English, it has inspired several rewrites in modern times, including T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" (1958), the first part of which became the 1963 Disney movie "The Sword in the Stone," and John Steinbeck's "Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights" (1976).

Arthurian Glories Renewed Tom Shippey 2011

It's arguably the first work of English Literature -- though, as it's written in Middle English, you probably won't be able to read it here's a sample:

John Lundberg: Want To Read The Original 'Beowulf' Manuscript? There's An App For That John Lundberg 2011

My friend was an English major back in the day, and the ceremony was filled with extended readings — some in Middle English — from First Samuel and First Corinthians, Plato, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and William Meredith, as well as traditional and popular music from when the two of them were young.

A wedding like any other Salisbury Tom Moriarty 2011

The Normans' attempt to foist their language on their subjects would eventually result in the mongrelism of Middle English which explains modern English's glut of synonyms.

Gothic buildings: pillars of faith 2011

It's arguably the first work of English Literature -- though, as it's written in Middle English, you probably won't be able to read it here's a sample:

John Lundberg: Want To Read The Original 'Beowulf' Manuscript? There's An App For That John Lundberg 2011

It's arguably the first work of English Literature -- though, as it's written in Middle English, you probably won't be able to read it here's a sample:

John Lundberg: Want To Read The Original 'Beowulf' Manuscript? There's An App For That John Lundberg 2011

Mr. Dean, who as a young father regaled his daughters with passages from Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in Middle English and fed the girls plump blueberries from the back yard, died of a brain aneurysm Dec. 2 at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County.

A Local Life: Alan L. Dean, 92, the 'Ideal Father' 2011

It's arguably the first work of English Literature -- though, as it's written in Middle English, you probably won't be able to read it here's a sample:

John Lundberg: Want To Read The Original 'Beowulf' Manuscript? There's An App For That John Lundberg 2011