Question

In addition to learned languages such as latin, greek, and hebrew, known principally by the clergy, inhabitants of england spoke and wrote a number of vernacular or common languages during the middle ages. the anthology divides this period of linguistic flux into three sections. select the answer below that shows these languages in the proper chronological order.

Answer 1

The proper chronological order of the vernacular or common languages that the inhabitants of England spoke and wrote during the Middle Ages are: Old English, or Anglo-Saxon; Anglo-Norman, or Old French; and Middle English.

These inhabitants transitioned their form of writing and speaking from the Old English, then to Anglo-Saxon, next to Anglo-Norman or Old French, and lastly to Middle English.