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Episode 135: A House of Cards
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Length:
77 minutes
Released:
Mar 24, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
In the early 1400s, playing cards made their first appearance in England. Those cards provide evidence of an early form of printing, but it would take another generation for Johannes Gutenberg to invent the printing press. In this episode we … Continue reading →
Released:
Mar 24, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 5: Centum, Satem and the Letter C: A look at the early division of the Indo-European languages into the Centum and Satem languages. The sound shift which marks the division of the Centum and Satem languages is then explored in the context of the modern English letter … Continue reading → by The History of English Podcast