Middle English period

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Middle_English_period
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:characteristic gptkb:emergence_of_Chancery_Standard
increased French influence on vocabulary
loss of many Old English inflections
gptkbp:endDate c. 1500
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Early_Modern_English_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Middle English period
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Middle_English
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:William_Langland
gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkb:Pearl_Poet
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Piers_Plowman
gptkb:Ancrene_Wisse
gptkb:Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Canterbury_Tales
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Old_English_period
gptkbp:region gptkb:England
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Norman_Conquest_of_England
gptkb:Hundred_Years'_War
gptkbp:startDate c. 1150
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Midlands_Middle_English
gptkb:Celtic_influence_on_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6