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The 28 pages that link to Middle English, each with the reason it gives.

• Geoffrey ChaucerNarrower topic: Chaucer wrote in the London variety of this language, helping establish it as a literary medium.

• The Canterbury TalesNarrower topic: Chaucer wrote the tales in the vernacular language of his period.

• Early Modern EnglishNarrower topic: It is the preceding stage from which Early Modern English developed.

• English orthographyNarrower topic: Many modern spellings descend from conventions established in this earlier stage.

• Great Vowel ShiftNarrower topic: The shift began during the transition from Middle English to Early Modern English.

• Sir Gawain and the Green KnightNarrower topic: The poem survives in a regional Middle English dialect that can challenge modern readers.

• Modern EnglishNarrower topic: Modern English developed from this earlier stage.

• John LydgateNarrower topic: Lydgate wrote in the later period of this language’s literary history.

• Julian of NorwichNarrower topic: Julian composed her revelations in the vernacular rather than Latin.

• Thomas ChattertonNarrower topic: Chatterton’s archaic spellings and vocabulary aimed to make his poems sound like works from this period.

• Troilus and CriseydeNarrower topic: Chaucer composed the poem in the language of late fourteenth-century England.

• John GowerNarrower topic: It is the language of Confessio Amantis, alongside Gower’s French and Latin writing.

• William LanglandNarrower topic: Langland wrote in the changing vernacular spoken in late medieval England.

• CupboardNarrower topic: The English word cupboard developed from forms used in this period.

• Fuck (profanity)Narrower topic: Medieval attestations show the word persisted through major changes in English.

• Gawain PoetNarrower topic: The poems survive in a regional variety of this language.

• KerchiefNarrower topic: The English word kerchief developed from a Middle English term for a head covering.

• Mr.Narrower topic: The shortening that produced Mr. emerged from English usage rooted in this period.

• Silent letterNarrower topic: Some modern silent letters were pronounced in Middle English.