English History and Its Language Development: INDEX or Table of Contents
(highlights of illustrated historical events for a better comprehension of the historical periods which contributed to the development of the English language)
It has only just begun to dawn on us that in our own language alone, not to speak of its many companions, the past history of humanity is spread out in an imperishable map, just as the history of the mineral earth lies embedded in the layers of its outer crust.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
History, in the human sense, is a language net cast backwards.
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A.D. 731, the Venerable Bede, a monk at Jarrow, England.
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A.D. 789, the Vikings began raiding and plundering Britain.
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A.D. 871-899, Alfred the Great served as the first king of England.
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A.D. 1016-1035, reign of King Canute (Cnute).
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Accession of Edward the Confessor restored King Alfred's line.
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1066, "William the Conqueror" and his Normans and mercenaries took control of Britain.
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1150-1500, Middle English Period.
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1258, the "Provisions of Oxford", first official document to use English since the Norman Conquest.
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1350-1400, period of great literary production in Britain.
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Modern-English Period, A.D. 1500 to present.
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English writers used Greek and Latin to present their ideas.
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Human activities developed new objects and concepts, requiring new terms, many were still from Latin and Greek origins.
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Scientific presentations used Latin and Greek as their nomenclature.
