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'''Middle English''' is a version of the [[English]] [[language]] used in [[medieval]] times, roughly 1000-1400 A.D.  Many famous works were written in Middle English, such as ''The [[Canterbury Tales]]'', ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[Piers Plowman]]'', and ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''.
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'''Middle English''' is a version of the [[English]] [[language]] used in [[medieval]] times, roughly between the [[Norman Conquest]] of 1066 and the late 15th Century A.D.  Many famous works were written in Middle English, such as ''The [[Canterbury Tales]]'', ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[Piers Plowman]]'', and ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''.
  
 
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Revision as of 22:16, August 21, 2008

Middle English is a version of the English language used in medieval times, roughly between the Norman Conquest of 1066 and the late 15th Century A.D. Many famous works were written in Middle English, such as The Canterbury Tales, Le Morte d'Arthur, Piers Plowman, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.