[Sca-cooks] Writing Middle English - & time frame - an aside from "period cookbook"

[julian wilson]

"Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at jeffnet.org> wrote:Just a minor correction, Julian- I'm certain you meant Early _Modern_ 
English (which is that time period, and Shakespeare is probably the best 
known writer of such), as Early Middle English would be the 12th century. 
As late as 1120 or so, the language was still pretty much Anglo-Saxon, but 
by Stephen's reign, an entry into the Old English Annals (Peterborough 
Chronicles) is decipherable (sort of) by someone who can read Chaucer, or 
simply has a creative bent to their reading. The Great Vowel Shift that 
started in the mid/late 15th century was the pivot point for Middle English 
becoming Early Modern English.

REPLY
You are correct, of course, Laura. Thank you for posting the correction, which I ought to have picked-up at the "proof-reading" stages..
Either "there's a Nut loose on my keyboard" - or maybe I'm having a "senior moment" from the blizzard of last-minute preparations for our biggest event of this year, in a few days, -  over the Bank Holiday Weekend.
Regards,
Julian.


		
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