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Apr 15, 2024 · Old French ( franceis, françois, romanz; French: ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th [2] and the mid-14th century. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligible yet diverse.
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Apr 10, 2024 · The Emergence of Old French: Transformation and Diversification As the Gallo-Romance dialects continued to evolve, they gradually coalesced into a more distinct language known as Old French. This period, spanning the 9th to the 14th centuries, saw the diversification of French into various regional dialects, each with its own unique ...
Apr 17, 2024 · A useful new dictionary of Old French. This is the first Old French-English dictionary of its kind to provide a comprehensive reference tool for a broad range of English-speaking users. In the form of a compendious but manageable single volume, it is designed for both the general and specialist reader of Old French texts including students ...
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Apr 12, 2024 · Geoffrey of Villehardouin (born c. 1150, near Bar-sur-Aube, Burgundy [France]—died c. 1213, Greece?) was a French soldier, chronicler, marshal of Champagne, and one of the leaders of the Fourth Crusade (1201–04), which he described in his Conquest of Constantinople. He was the first serious writer of an original prose history in Old French.
Apr 6, 2024 · Old French: 1 n the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century Type of: French the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
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