Latin and Scandinavian influenced external sounds of the period. The three sources of Latin were Romans under Claudius conquer of Britain, Romans reside at continental homes of Germanic tribes, and Pop Gregory sends Augustine to Christianize the English (Abrams et al. 3). During the continental period of influence, some words from Latin can be credited to the ancestors of the English. ... The Normans took over England and with the presence of French speaking ruling classes the language and culture expanded, although Latin was the common spoken language internationally. ... Abrams and others st...

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Their language was derived from the Anglo-Saxon territories they conquered, each new place they took added or changed the words in the Celtic vocabulary. ... Instead Roman Latin roots where adopted into their language, and the Christian emissaries coming from Europe gave the Britons writing and a new religion. ...

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