The History of English Podcast
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In this episode, we explore the concept of a successful succession. During the early 1590s, France was divided by a bitter conflict over the succession of Henry of Navarre to the French throne. Meanwhile, William Shakespeare wrote a couple of plays that appear to make reference to the events in France. He also composed other plays that dealt with the theme of succession. And his plays also indicate that the pronunciation of words like “succession” were changing during the 1500s as several consonants experienced sound changes during that period.
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
Episode 29: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion
Episode 28: Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians
Episode 27: Broken Empire and Fractured Languages
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