Episode 109: The Romantic Warriors
In the late 1200s, romantic literature started to be composed in English for the first time. The...
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In this episode, we look at the movement of people and their money in the 13th century. This was...
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Episode 107: Parlez-Vous Anglais?
Even though English writing started to re-emerge in the early 1200s, government and legal...
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Episode 106: An Illuminating Development
The 12th and 13th centuries saw the saw the transfer of book production from monasteries to...
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In this episode, we explore some of the suffixes that were in common use in the early 1200s at...
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Episode 104: Prefix Preferences
During the early Middle English period, many loanwords from Latin and French were borrowed into...
57:47
Episode 103: Solitary Confinement
The early 13th century saw the rise of a monastic movement in which men and women locked...
57:38
Episode 102: A Medieval Glossary
In this episode, we explore the notes and translations left behind by scribes in the margins of...
59:34
Episode 101: The Birth of English Song
Advances in musical notation allowed the first English folk songs to be preserved in writing in...
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In this special 100th episode, we review the major consonant sound changes that have impacted...
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Episode 99: The Second French Invasion
The early 13th century saw the arrival of a new wave of Frenchmen on the English shores. Some...
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Magna Carta is often presented as the culmination of a dispute between King John and his barons,...
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Episode 97: Let’s Put It In Writing
The early 13th Century saw a massive increase in the production of government documents,...
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Episode 96: From Alpha to Omega
During the early Middle English period, the long vowel sound represented by letter A started to...
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Episode 95: Old School and New School
The 12th and 13th Centuries saw the rise of new institutions of higher learning called...
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Episode 94: From British Legend to English King
The first version of the King Arthur legend to be composed in English is found in Layamon’s 13th...
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The introduction to Layamon’s Brut In this episode, we look at the rivalry between John...
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During the Middle Ages, lions were adopted as symbols of European royalty. Many monarchs also...
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Episode 91: Traders and Traitors
During the Crusades, Christian forces and Muslim forces traded blows in the Holy Land. At the...
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Episode 90: Healers, Hospitals and Holy Wars
In this episode, we turn our attention to the Near East to explore the spread of the Islam and...
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