Claim: English language is influenced by Norman French.
Evidence: Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England , and was a period in which the language was influenced by French.
Middle English also saw a mass adoption of Norman French vocabulary , especially in areas such as politics , law , the arts , religion and other courtly language.
Middle English -LRB- ME -RRB- is collectively the varieties of the English language spoken after the Norman Conquest -LRB- 1066 -RRB- until the late 15th century ; scholarly opinion varies but the Oxford English Dictionary specifies the period of 1150 to 1500.