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British Library: Discovering Literature: Middle English

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This article explains how Middle English developed from Old English, changing its grammar, pronunciation, and spelling, and borrowing words from French and Latin.

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old english, the canterbury tales
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anglo-norman, british library: discovering literature: middle english, chaucer, john lydgate, lays and fables, marie de france, the lives of saints edmund and fremund, the tremulous hand, middle english lyrics
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional