History of English: Maps and illustrations

The maps and illustrations in this section are taken from the following study with the permission of the author, Prof. Jacek Fisiak, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza, Poznań:

Fisiak, Jacek (1995). An Outline History of English. Poznań: Kantor Wydawniczy Saww.

 
• Old English Dialects
• Middle English dialects
• Roman Britain
• Distribution of the early Anglo-Saxon settlements
• Continental homes of Germanic invaders in the fifth century
• The Anglo-Saxon heptarchy
• Approximate diocesan boundaries c. 750
• Scandinavian settlements in England in the tenth century
• English possessions in France during the reign of Henry II (1159-1189)
• English in the world today