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The '''Anglo-Norman language''' is the name given to the language spoken by the [[Anglo-Norman]]s, the descendents of the [[Norman]]s who ruled [[England]] following the [[Battle of Hastings|conquest]] by [[William I of England|William of Normandy]] in [[1066]]. The Norman nobility spoke a [[Oïl languages|langue d'oïl]] called [[Norman language|Norman]].  This became the official language of England and later developed into the unique insular dialect now known as the Anglo(contracted; show full)

Among important writers of the Anglo-Norman cultural commonwealth are the [[Jersey]]-born poet, [[Robert Wace|Wace]], and [[Marie de France]]. The [[Anglo-Norman literature|literature
]] of the Anglo-Norman period]] forms the reference point for subsequent literature in the [[Norman language]], especially in the [[19th century]] Norman literary revival and even into the [[20th century]] in the case of André Dupont's ''Épopée cotentine''. The languages and literatures of the [[Channel Islands]] are sometimes still referred to as Anglo-Norman.

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== External links ==
*[http://www.anglo-norman.net/ The Anglo-Norman hub - a project to produce an AN dictionary.]  Contains articles and corpus texts.

[[Category:Romance languages]]