![]() The conquering Normans were themselves descended from Vikings who had settled in northern France about 200 years before (the very word Norman comes originally from Norseman). William crushed the opposition with a brutal hand and deprived the Anglo-Saxon earls of their property, distributing it to Normans (and some English) who supported him. ![]() ![]() The event that began the transition from Old English to Middle English was the Norman Conquest of 1066, when William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy and, later, William I of England) invaded the island of Britain from his home base in northern France, and settled in his new acquisition along with his nobles and court. William the Conqueror (from Bayeux Tapestry) ![]() Norman Conquest | French (Anglo-Norman) Influence | Middle English After the Normans | Resurgence of English | Chaucer and the Birth of English Literature The History of English - Middle English (c. ![]()
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