The History of English Podcast
A chronological history of the English language examined through the lens of historical events that shaped the development and spread of the language from the Eurasian steppe to the entire world.
- Website
- http://historyofenglishpodcast.com
- Description
- The Spoken History of a Global Language
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-02-25 03:16
- last episode published
- 2025-01-30 04:42
- publication frequency
- 14.18 days
- Contributors
- Kevin Stroud
- Author
- Kevin Stroud
- Owner
- kevin@historyofenglishpodcast.com (Kevin Stroud)
- Managing editor
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 326
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture History
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Episodes
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| 2025-01-30 | The invention of the telescope in the early 1600s laid the foundation for the scientific revolution, but it also disrupted the traditional view of the universe and led to a conflict with the Catholic Church. Meanwhile, the Anglican Church completed a t... |
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| 2024-11-13 | In the first decade of the 1600s, English speakers were on the move as they established the first permanent English settlement in North America. They also began a steady a migration to northern Ireland after an event known to history … Continue reading... |
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| 2024-09-24 | In the early 1600s, several landmark events shaped the history of England and determined how and where the English language would be spoken in the centuries that followed. The period from 1602-1605 saw the end of the Elizabethan era, the … Continue rea... |
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| 2024-08-07 | In the first couple of years of the 1600s, several new Shakespeare plays appeared. ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and ‘As You Like It’ were recorded in the Stationer’s Register, and a third play called ‘The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of … Continue reading → |
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| 2024-06-26 | In this episode, we look at clothing and fashion in the Elizabethan era, and we examine the connection between clothing, custom and language. We also examine Shakespeare’s plays about the lives of Julius Caesar and Henry V of England. Along … Continue ... |
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| 2024-05-09 | 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 … Co... |
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| 2024-03-25 | Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most popular plays and one of the most popular plays ever written. In this episode, we examine the language of the play to see how it reflects the English of Elizabethan England, … Continue reading → |
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| 2024-02-08 | English spelling largely reflects the state of the language in the late 1500s. In this episode, we look at one of the first English spelling books, and we explore several plays by William Shakespeare to examine the way he rhymed … Continue reading → |
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| 2024-01-02 | In this episode, we look at the development of English comedy in the early modern era. We examine some of William Shakespeare’s early comedies, and we also distinguish Shakespearean comedy from other types of comedic performances which had been popular... |
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| 2023-11-20 | 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 … Continu... |
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