For those who are more curious, I found that "The English and their History" talks in depth about the post-Conquest society and emergence of the written English

For those who are more curious, I found that "The English and their History" talks in depth about the post-Conquest society and emergence of the written English language, and some of the more distinctive English (and later Anglo-American) institutions: https://www.amazon.com/English-Their-History-Robert-Tombs-ebook/dp/B00TWEME40/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1476751166&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/English-Their-History-Robert-Tombs-eb...