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 138: Family Matters
Episode 137: A Rose By Any Other Name
Episode 136: The Real Robin Hood
Bonus Episode: Stay at Home Edition
Episode 135: A House of Cards
Episode 134: A Lancastrian Standard
Episode 133: Breaking Bread With Companions
Episode 132: Food for Thought
Episode 131: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Episode 130: Dialect Dialogues
Episode 129: Chaucer’s Vulgar Tongue [EXPLICIT LANGUAGE]
Bonus Episode: The Life of Guy – An Interview with Allan Metcalf
Episode 128: The Canterbury Tellers
Episode 127: The Road to Canterbury
Episode 126: A New Turn of Phrase
Episode 125: The First English Bible
Episode 124: Piers Plowman and the Peasant Revolt
Episode 123: A Material Change
Episode 122: The Name of the Game
Episode 121: English Ascent
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