If the Hundred Years War Never Happened

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English as the tongue of Anglo-Saxons existed too, but had no important role in polite society. It was the language of ordinary people, language of lower classes. But with the start of the war, everything changed.

“The transformation was almost certainly a result of the surge of patriotism and nationalism associated with the Hundred Years’ War: the French language came to be associated with the enemy.”[ CITATION Hal \l 2057 ]

During the same time as the battles were fought, the English language made its way to the schools and classroom. It served as a medium in teaching the Latin language. The parliament has opened by the declaration of the summons in the native tongue, which was previously done in French. Soon everything got the prefix English: English petition, English wills, letters, and etc. Later on, the English became the language of literature, too.

Because of the war, English became the language of England, and a years later it made English Worlds number one.

Conclusion

The affection of the Hundred Years war on language is enormous. As it is mention before, the French was main language in all major fields of society who ruled, but with the beginning of the war, things have totally changed. Those changes have their impact on today’s generations. Becoming the England’s number one language, English made the first step to world’s number one. Now, people all around the globe use English too, weather as the first or as the second language. It is involved in every part of human’s life.

But if there was not the Hundred Years war, does it mean that French would be world’s number one language? Does it mean that instead of English we would learn French in schools? And does it mean that instead of “to be or not to be”, Shakespeare would wrote: “être ou ne pas être”!?

If the Hundred Years war never happened, nothing would be the same as it is today.