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    Middle English borrowed the term "history" from Anglo-Norman and it was successfully incorporated into the language. The earliest recorded use of the word was in John Gower's poem "Confessio Amantis" from the 1390s, where it meant simply "story" in general. It first appeared in the 13th century text "Ancrene Wisse" but did not become widespread until the late 14th century, when the definition began to be restricted to mean "the field of knowledge that deals with previous occurrences; the official record or study of former events, especially human affairs."

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    Middle English borrowed the term "history" from Anglo-Norman and it was successfully incorporated into the language. The earliest recorded use of the word was in John Gower's poem "Confessio Amantis" from the 1390s, where it meant simply "story" in general. It first appeared in the 13th century text "Ancrene Wisse" but did not become widespread until the late 14th century, when the definition began to be restricted to mean "the field of knowledge that deals with previous occurrences; the official record or study of former events, especially human affairs."

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    Middle English borrowed the term "history" from Anglo-Norman and it was successfully incorporated into the language. The earliest recorded use of the word was in John Gower's poem "Confessio Amantis" from the 1390s, where it meant simply "story" in general. It first appeared in the 13th century text "Ancrene Wisse" but did not become widespread until the late 14th century, when the definition began to be restricted to mean "the field of knowledge that deals with previous occurrences; the official record or study of former events, especially human affairs."

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    Middle English borrowed history from Anglo-Norman, and this time the borrowing was successful.

    The first recorded use of the term can be found in John Gower's Confessio Amantis from the 1390s
    (VI.1383): "I finde in a bok compiled | To this matiere an old histoire, | The which comth nou to mi
    memoire." It first appears in the 13th-century Ancrene Wisse, but it seems to have gained
    widespread use in the late 14th century. History in Middle English simply meant "story" in general.
    Beginning in the middle of the 15th century, the definition was restricted to include just "the field of
    knowledge that deals with previous occurrences; the official record or study of former events,
    especially human affairs." [19]

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