Anglo-Norman
Medieval England's French
Anglo-Norman describes the dialect of Old French spoken by the Norman ruling class in England after the 1066 conquest, or the culture that blended Norman and English elements.
The language dominated English courts and law for centuries, leaving deep marks on legal vocabulary.
As an adjective, it describes this hybrid medieval culture: Anglo-Norman architecture, Anglo-Norman manuscripts.
Knightly code of honor
- heraldryStudy of armorial bearings
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- architectureBuilding design discipline
castles · cathedrals · tapestry · manners · etiquette · tournaments · hunting · falconry
Norman invasion year
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- HastingsEnglish seaside town, historic
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- feudalOf tiered landownership
court · nobility · William · Plantagenet · ruling class · elite · invasion · settlement
Love and its excitement
- chansonFrench vocal composition
- laiMedieval French lyric poem
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
Brut · verse · poetry · prose · patronage · manuscripts · scribes · illumination
Regional language variety
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- Old FrenchRomance language, 9th-14th century
insular · borrowings · loanwords · vocabulary · phonology · orthography · scribal · manuscripts
Binding principle or regulation
- courtsJudicial bodies or playing areas
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- statutesFormally enacted laws
- chartersDocuments establishing rights
writs · pleadings · jurisprudence · legislation · tenure · inheritance · property · contracts
chivalry
Knightly code of honor
architecture · castles · cathedrals · tapestry · manners · etiquette · tournaments · hunting · falconry · feasting
1066
Norman invasion year
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- HastingsEnglish seaside town, historic
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
feudal · court · nobility · William · Plantagenet · ruling class · elite · invasion · settlement · colonization
romance
Love and its excitement
hagiography · Brut · verse · poetry · prose · patronage · manuscripts · scribes · illumination · courtly love
dialect
Regional language variety
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
Old French · insular · borrowings · loanwords · vocabulary · phonology · orthography · scribal · manuscripts · bilingualism
law
Binding principle or regulation
- courtsJudicial bodies or playing areas
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- statutesFormally enacted laws
charters · writs · pleadings · jurisprudence · legislation · tenure · inheritance · property · contracts · precedent
- Anglo-FrenchEntente Cordiale, Hundred Years War, English Channel, Channel Tunnel, Eurostar
- French influence on EnglandWilliam the Conqueror, Bayeux Tapestry, Domesday Book, Hundred Years War, Huguenots
- French LanguagesFrench, Picard, Walloon, Bourguignon, Old French
- Norman EnglandWilliam the Conqueror, feudalism, castles, Domesday Book, Stephen
- Medieval LanguagesMiddle English, Middle High German, Old English, Old French, Old Norse
- Norman
Anglo-NormanAnglo-Saxon
Pre-Conquest British Germanic peoples
Old English · Germanic · Welsh · Gaelic · Norse
England, Normans, Normandy, Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Angles, Anglo, Anglo-French