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Although this is well known among more educated English speakers, an interesting bit that's not well known is that French as a literary language arose in Englan
by wrp 3y ago
Although this is well known among more educated English speakers, an interesting bit that's not well known is that French as a literary language arose in England. At the time Normans conquered England, Latin was still the literary language in France. It was the French speakers of England who first started producing literature in their vernacular.
- lores 3y agoI think you are mistaken here. No doubt England produced literature in French, but in France proper the trouvères were active from the late 11th century, writing poetry and plays in Old French, and a cycle of the life of the Saints probably goes back to the 10th century.