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Old French
Old French is the form of the French language spoken from around the ninth to the fourteenth century. It developed from the spoken Latin of the western Frankish lands. The Oaths of Strasbourg of 842 CE, sworn by Carolingian rulers, are regarded as the earliest surviving text in a recognisable form of the language.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Old French. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/old-french
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- “Old French.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/old-french. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Old French.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/old-french.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Old French’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/old-french (Accessed: ).
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