The History of English Podcast
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Theaters were an important part of cultural life in Elizabethan England, and they contributed many words to the English language. Those words joined thousands of other words that were pouring into English from around the world. In this episode, we look at how distant cultures were contributing to the growth of English and how Shakespeare’s acting company built a world-famous theater in the late 1500s. Works discussed in this episode include:
‘Henry IV, Parts One and Two’ – William Shakespeare
‘The Merry Wives of Windor” – William Shakespeare
‘“A Report of the Kindome of Congo’ – Abraham Hartwell, Translator
‘The Isle of Dogs’ – Ben Jonson and Thomas Nashe
‘Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies’
‘A Worlde of Wordes’ – John Florio
‘Palladis Tamia, Wit’s Treasury’ – Francis Meres
Episode 47: The Man Who Saved English
Episode 46: Cynewulf and the Kindred Kings
Episode 45: To Coin a Phrase – and Money
Episode 44: The Romance of Old French
Episode 43: Anglo-Saxon Monsters and Mythology
Episode 42: Beowulf and Other Viking Ancestors
Bonus Episode 5: Odds and Ends
Episode 41: New Words From Old English
Episode 40: Learning Latin and Latin Learning
Episode 39: Not Lost in Translation
Episode 38: Nobles, Nuptials and a Cowherd Poet
Episode 37: Seafarers, Poets and Traveling Minstrels
Episode 36: Finalizing the Alphabet
Episode 35: English Sounds and Roman Letters
Episode 34: Sounds Like Old English
Episode 33: Missionaries and Manuscripts
Bonus Episode 4: Let Me ‘Buoy’ Your Spirits
Episode 32: The Oldest English
Episode 31: Saxons, Franks and Other West Germans
Episode 30: The Celtic Legacy
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