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The next invasion of Britain took place more than
years ago, in
. History experts call this invasion the
Conquest.
led it.
The
were a
-speaking people from
in the north of
. They became the new rulers of Britain. These new rulers spoke only
for several
years. It was the most important language in the world at that time. It was the language of
people. But the
people of Britain still spoke Old English.
Old English took many words from the
. Some of these include “damage,” “
,” and “
.” Most English words that describe
and
come from
, words such as “
,” “
,” and “
.”
The
language used by the
rulers greatly changed the way English was spoken by
years ago. English became what language experts call Middle English. As time passed, the ruling
no longer spoke true
. Their language had become a mix of
and Middle English.
Middle English sounds like modern English. But it is very difficult to understand now. Many written works from this period have survived. Perhaps the most famous was written by Geoffrey Chaucer, a
who lived in
and died there in
. Chaucer’s most famous work is “The Canterbury Tales,” written more than
years ago. “The Canterbury Tales” is a
about different people traveling to the town of Canterbury.
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