History of English

The site has as it main objective the description of five events that shaped the history of English: the Anglo-Saxon settlement, the Scandinavian settlements, 1066 and after 1066 and all that, colonization and globalization, and standardization. In relation to this last item, this website describes historical process of standardization of English in a simplified form. The main point is: the influence of the printed media in standardization.

http://www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/history/?view=uk