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For almost 350 years the Plantagenet family held the English throne - longer than any dynasty in English history - and yet its origins were in Anjou in France, French remained the mother tongue of England's monarchs for 300 years, and only in its family s final decades did English rather than French become the language the king used in official correspondence European History, Tudor History, House Of Plantagenet, Mother Tongue, History Of England, Ap World History, Wars Of The Roses, Richard Iii, English History

For almost 350 years the Plantagenet family held the English throne - longer than any dynasty in English history - and yet its origins were in Anjou in France, French remained the mother tongue of England's monarchs for 300 years, and only in its family s final decades did English rather than French become the language the king used in official correspondence

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The Arthurian legend experienced a profound change in the 12th century; some would argue that this was when the real legend began. This post considers to what degree the Plantagenet kings of England were responsible for shaping the Post-Galfridian Arthurian legend.

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