United KingdomHistory 45 · History

True or false: by about 1400, official documents in England were being written in English, and English had become the preferred language of the royal court and Parliament.

  1. aTrueCorrect answer
  2. bFalse

Why?

True. By around 1400 official documents in England were being written in English, and it was the language preferred by the royal court and Parliament. Latin and French were still used in many records for some time after that.

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