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unknown artist, 1400-1410, England
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Middle English
stage of the English language from about the 12th through 15th centuries
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Details
Instance of
historical language
,
language variety
,
chronolect
Subclass of
Anglic
,
English
Followed by
Early Modern English
Country
United Kingdom
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
linguistic typology
V2 word order
,
nominative–accusative language
,
stress-timed language
,
fusional language
native label
Middle English
number of speakers, writers, or signers
0
replaced by
Modern English
replaces
Old English
topic's main category
Category:Middle English
Wikimedia language code
enm
writing system
Latin script
Works in this collection
(60)
The Canterbury Tales
1387
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1301
Le Morte d'Arthur
1485
Piers Plowman
1370
Pearl
1400
Troilus and Criseyde
1380
Confessio Amantis
1389
The Legend of Good Women
1387
The House of Fame
1378
St Erkenwald
1386
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
A Middle English dictionary
Voices on the past: studies in old and middle English language and literature
Thesaurus linguae Romanae et Britannicae
Basis for
the
Authority files
Library of Congress ↗
GND ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica ↗
A Treatise on the Astrolabe
1392
Parlement of Foules
1381
The Book of the Duchess
1368
Book of Saint Albans
1486
Anelida and Arcite
1400
The Romaunt of the Rose
—
Revelations of Divine Love
—
Patience
1400
Cleanness
1400
The Testament of Cresseid
—
The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie
—
The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices his Quene
1508
The Fall of Princes
1434
Boece
1400
The Morall Fabillis of Esope the Phrygian
1500
The Book of Margery Kempe
1430
The Game and Playe of the Chesse
1470
Troy Book
1500
The Tunning of Elynour Rummyng
1551
The Complaint of Mars
1400
Robene and Makyne
1500
Siege of Thebes
—
Patient Grissill
1603
The Historie of Orlando Furioso
1594
Speculum principis
1501
The Complaint of the Black Knight
1500
Upon the dolorus dethe and muche lamentable chaunce of the mooste honorable Erle of Northumberlande
1600
Aganis haisty credence of titlaris
1500
Enterlude of vertue
1600
Oby and thank thy God of all
1500
The ressoning betwix aige and ʒowth
1500
Comedy callyd Achademics
1600
Speke, parrot
1600
Phyllyp Sparrowe
1600
The churl and the bird
—
The garland of laurell
1523
The serpent of division
—
The lyff off Guy of Warwyk
—
The pilgrimage of the life of man
—
Bowge of court
1498
Magnyfycence
1510
The lives of saint Edmund and Fremund
—
A wicked tunge wille sey amys
—
The bludy serk
1500
Secrees of old philisoffres
1500
The prais of aige
1500
The daunce of Machabree
—
The ressoning betuix deth and man
1500
The life of Our Lady
—
Collyn Clout
1521