Significant Events
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787 - Influx of Norse Words from the Viking Invasion
1066 - The Battle of Hastings created the French Influx which brought 10,000 French loanwords
1350 - 1600 - The Great Vowel Shift
1476 - Caxtons Printing Press
- Increased availability of literature as it became cheaper and numerous more texts printed for more readers
- Chose local dialect of London
- Helps with the standaridisation that began to occur in this period
1492 - Colombus discovered America (advancements in…
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