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Chapter 6        The Invasion of the Normans and Old French

  1. The Norman French were originally ___________-men who came to settle on the coast of France.
  2. They loved everything French and their primary language shifted in just one generation from Old________________ to Old __________________.
  3. Normandy is very famous today for being the scene of the Allied invasion of Europe known as ________________(July 6, 1944).
  4. William the Conqueror, the Norman French Duke of Normandy, conquered the English at the Battle of ____________________, and became King of England.
  5. William moved his whole court to England, and the official language for all of the upper class people in England instantly became ________________.
  6. Write the French phrase for "soup of the day" -- ____________________________________.
  7. France, especially Paris, has been a trend setter for English people everywhere (U.S. included) since the year __________________.
  8. A Romance language is one that is derived from _______________________ , a dead language now,  which in ancient times was spoken in the capital city of ___________________.
  9. What happened to the Anglo Saxon Chronicles? ________________________________________________

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