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... written till after 1386 . In 1386 Chaucer was elected a knight of the shire for Kent , in the Parliament held at Westminster . John of Gaunt was abroad at this time ; and the Duke of Gloucester , at the head of the government , was most ...
... written till after 1386 . In 1386 Chaucer was elected a knight of the shire for Kent , in the Parliament held at Westminster . John of Gaunt was abroad at this time ; and the Duke of Gloucester , at the head of the government , was most ...
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... Canterbury Tales . n It is altogether erroneous to suppose that immediately after the Norman Conquest English ceased to be written , for from Ælfric to Chaucer we have years Norman - French was the language of the Court xxvi INTRODUCTION .
... Canterbury Tales . n It is altogether erroneous to suppose that immediately after the Norman Conquest English ceased to be written , for from Ælfric to Chaucer we have years Norman - French was the language of the Court xxvi INTRODUCTION .
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... by which we are able to determine with tolerable exactness the various changes in grammar and vocabulary which occurred during this interval . the written language . In Chaucer's works these loans are INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
... by which we are able to determine with tolerable exactness the various changes in grammar and vocabulary which occurred during this interval . the written language . In Chaucer's works these loans are INTRODUCTION . xxvii.
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... written by educated Englishmen . In the works of Orm and Robert of Brunne we have evidence of its great capacity for literary purposes . Wicliffe and Gower added considerably to its importance , but in the hands of Chaucer it attained ...
... written by educated Englishmen . In the works of Orm and Robert of Brunne we have evidence of its great capacity for literary purposes . Wicliffe and Gower added considerably to its importance , but in the hands of Chaucer it attained ...
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... written in rhyming verse ; but this system of versification did not come into general use in England until after the Norman Conquest . The poetry of the Anglo- Saxons , like that of the Scandinavian and old Germanic races , was ...
... written in rhyming verse ; but this system of versification did not come into general use in England until after the Norman Conquest . The poetry of the Anglo- Saxons , like that of the Scandinavian and old Germanic races , was ...
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