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 101: The Birth of English Song
Episode 100: Decoding English
Episode 99: The Second French Invasion
Episode 98: The Great Debates
Episode 97: Let’s Put It In Writing
Episode 96: From Alpha to Omega
Episode 95: Old School and New School
Episode 94: From British Legend to English King
Episode 93: The Two Arthurs
Episode 92: The Lion Kings
Episode 91: Traders and Traitors
Episode 90: Healers, Hospitals and Holy Wars
Episode 89: ‘I Before E’ and All That
Episode 88: The Long and Short of It
Episode 87: The First Spelling Reformers
Episode 86: Family of Rebels
Episode 85: How to Run an Empire
Episode 84: Law, Order and Murder
Episode 83: A Trilingual Nation
Episode 82: A Marriage for the Ages
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