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 63: Restorations and Remedies
Episode 62: Flesh and Blood
Episode 61: Earls and Churls
Episode 60: Danes, Death and Taxes
Episode 59: Let’s Make A Deal
Episode 58: Bibliophiles and Bookworms
Episode 57: The Wessex Literary Revival
Episode 56: The Weak vs The Strong
Episode 55: To Be or Not To Be
Episode 54: Pronoun Pros and Cons
Episode 53: The End of Endings
Episode 52: Bloody Axes and a Battle Royal
Episode 51: Norse Words and a New English
Episode 50: A Unified Family of English Speakers
Episode 49: Vikings Among the English and French
Episode 48: The Unity of Alfred’s English
Bonus Episode 6: Beowulf Deconstructed
Episode 47: The Man Who Saved English
Episode 46: Cynewulf and the Kindred Kings
Episode 45: To Coin a Phrase – and Money
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