History of English literature

The Norman Conquest made a break in English literature and language. The old Anglo-Saxon language was with German speech, complicated grammar and many inflections. During the Battle of Hastings there were two languages the language of the upper classes - Norman French, and the lower language is English. In 14 cent. there were a new language of King Alfred, there was no grammar and many inflections, also there were french equivalents, legal terms, dress and courtesy. Then Causer thought that Anglo-Saxon language is a bad language, the Classical Anglo-Saxon was with Wessex dialect and it was in Winchester. Then was the Chaucer's English. The source of the modern language is in East Midland, in cities, like Cambridge.