THE HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN ENGLISH

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THE HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN ENGLISH

• 1500-1650

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Contents

• Important Dates
• Outstanding Persons
• Major Attributes of the Language

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IMPORTANT DATES

• A Chronology of Relevant Historical and Literary
  Events

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1460-1529 Life of John Skelton

• Clergyman, satirist, and poet.
• Skelton typifies the enormous growth in the
  English vocabulary.
• Skelton introduces about 1500 new words into the
  language.

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1485-1509 Reign of Henry VII

• First of the Tudor Dynasty
• His reign marks the end of Middle English

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1509-1547 Reign of Henry VIII

• The Protestant Reformation reduces the dominance
  of Latin in England.

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1531 Publication of Sir Thomas Elyots The
Governour

• First book on Education printed in England.
• Effort to enrich the vocabulary of the EME with
  foreign loans

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Relevant Periods and eras in the History of Early
Modern English

• Tudor period (14851603)
• Elizabethan era (15581603)
• Stuart Period (16031714)
• Jacobean era (1603 1625)
• Caroline era (16251642)

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CHRONOLOGY CHRONOLOGY CHRONOLOGY
Ruler Historical Events Literary Events
1500 1500 1500
Henry VII (1485-1509) Discovery of America (1492) Skelton
Henry VIII (1509-47) Dissolution of Monasteries (1536-39) Tyndales Bible
Edward VI (1547-53)
Mary (1533-58) Loss of Calais 1558)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
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1600 1600 1600
James I (1603-1625) East India Co founded (1600) Union with Scotland (1603) First American Colonies A.V. of Bible (1611) Shakespeare First Folio (1623) Paradise Lost (1667)
Charles I (1625-49)
The Commonwealth (1649-60)
Charles II (1660-85)
James II (1685-88)
William (1689-1702) and Mary (1689-94)
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Works Cited and Sources

• Baugh, Albert C., and Thomas Cable. A History of
  the English Language. Fifth Edition. New Jersey
  Prentice Hall, 2002.
• Bevington, David, ed. The Complete Works of
  Shakespeare, Updated Fourth Edition. USA
  Longman, 1997.
• Bloomfield, Morton W., and Leonard Newmark. A
  Linguistic Introduction to the History of
  English. New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1964

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Works Cited and Sources

• Brook, G.L. A history of the English Language.
  New York Norton Library, 1958.
• Cuddon, J.A. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary
  Terms and Literary Theory. Fourth Edition.
  London Penguin Books, 1999.

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Works Cited and Sources

• Damrosch, David, ed. The Longman Anthology of
  British Literature. Volume A. 2nd Compact
  Edition. London Longman, 2004.
• David Burnley. The History of the English
  Language. 2nd ed. London Pearson Education,
  2000.
• Glatthorn, Allan A., Charles W. Kreidler Enerst
  J.Heiman. The Dynamics of Language. Book 4.
  USA D.C. Heath and Company, 1971.

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Works Cited and Sources

• Jordan, Constance, and Clare Carroll. The Early
  Modern Period. The Longman Anthology of British
  Literature. Ed. David Damrosch. Vol.A. London
  Longman, 2004. 391-1039.
• Miller, James E., Jr., Myrtle J. Jones, and Helen
  McDonnel. England in Literature. Macbeth Edition.
  London Scott, Foresman and Company, 1973.
• Nist, John. A Structural History of English. New
  York St. Martins Press, 1966.

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Videos and Films

• Elizabeth I the Virgin Queen. By Paula Milne.
  Perf. Anne-Marie Duff, Tom Hardy, Hans Matheson,
  Ian Hart, et al. Masterpiece Theater. BBC/Power
  and WGBH Boston Video, 2005.
• Samuel Johnson.. Dir. Malcolm Hossick. The Famous
  Authors Series. Videocassette. USA Kultur. .

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Videos and Films

• Schama, Simon. The Body of the Queen. A History
  of Britain. The History Channel. VHS Documentary.
  BBC. New York New Video, 2001. ,
• Twelfth Night. By William Shakespeare. Dir.
  Trevor Nunn. Perf. Helena Bonham Carter, Richard
  E.Grant, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Mel
  Smith, Imelda Staunton, Toby Stephens, Imogen,
  Stubbs. USA Fine Line Features. Image
  Entertainment.

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Works Cited and Sources

• Internet Sources
• Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature
  (1485-1603)A comprehensive guide to British
  literature of the Renaissance with over 100
  original pages, biographies, and works never
  before published on the web.www.luminarium.org/re
  nlit