The History of English Podcast

The Spoken History of a Global Language

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Currently Playing: Episode 107: Parlez-Vous Anglais?

Even though English writing started to re-emerge in the early 1200s, government and legal documents remained the exclusive domain of Latin and French.  English finally found a voice in the English government in the mid-1200s with a series of government reforms known as the Provisions of Oxford. The population of England was informed of the reforms through a proclamation issued in English. In this episode, we explore the events leading to those reforms and the important role of English in the political maneuvering that followed. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 107 (https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/HOE-Transcript-Episode107.pdf)


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