English language in Europe following the Norman Conquest in 1066, the Anglo-Norman language was the language of administration and few Kings of England spoke English. A large number of French words were assimilated into Old English, which lost most of its inflections, the result being Middle English. Around the year 1500, the Great Vowel Shift marked the transformation of Middle English into Modern English. The most famous surviving work from Old English is "Beowulf", and from Middle English is Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales". The rise of Modern English began around the fifteenth century, with Early Modern English reaching its literary pinnacle at the
Anglo-Saxon dress with one knife rather than several, and smaller than the adults'. Children's clothes were stitched together. No brooches or buckles were found in their burials. Children had simple clothing. Anglo-Saxon dress Anglo-Saxon dress refers to the variety of early medieval European dress, or clothing, worn by the Anglo-Saxons from the time of their migration to Great Britain in the 5th century until the beginning of the Norman Conquest. The line of Saxon kings began with Egbert in 827 and ended when Harold II was defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings cementing the Normans as the rulers