Task 2. Historical Consequences. Match the two statements from columns and В into a compound sentence with the conjunction so.

Seminar 4

The Norman Conquest

1. The Norman invasion.
2. The battle of Hastings.
3. The reign of William the Conqueror. “Doomsday Book”.
4. English feudalism. Task 1.
5. The House of Normandy. (William I, William II, Henry I, Stephen)
6. Language Focus: Lexical structure of Middle English. Task 2.
7. The Celtic Kingdoms: Wales, Ireland and Scotland.

Task 1. Match the synonyms.

1. a freeholder a) crusader
2. a serf b) owner
3. feudal lord c) vassal of the King

4. tenant d) manor

1. Christian warrior e) villein
2. cotters and bordars f) suzerain
3. estate g) yeoman
4. master h) landowner
5. lord i) craftsmen

Task 2. Historical Consequences. Match the two statements from columns and В into a compound sentence with the conjunction "so".

А	В
1. The society in Britain after the Nor­man conquest existed in the dual lan­guage system.	a. They changed English spelling us­ing French symbols.
2. The Normans used bilingual clerks and interpreters for official purposes.	b. Instead of long poetical figures it un­derwent a severe ellipse and developed a strict word order in the sentence.
3. The Norman French was considered a prestige language.	с Inflected word endings became less and less important.
4. The language of the Anglo-Saxons was considered too "low" for poetry.	d.Many borrowed words substituted the original Anglo-Saxon vocabulary was developed.
5. The development of strict word or­der helped to identify the parts of speech and sentence.	e. The Anglo-Norman language, which included the features of two languages

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