History of English CLASSES

Classes 1st term Classes 2nd term
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Introduction Introduction
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Ælfric’s Colloquy on the Occupations Spelling
Ælfric’s Colloquy
The Adventure of English – episode 2
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The Adventure of English – episode 1 Cuckoo’s Song
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The Paris Psalter - the manuscript Richard Rolle as a medieval translator
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The Paris Psalter - the text Working with a manuscript - Latin medieval abbreviations in an English text,  transliteration, translation
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Test 1 The Adventure of English – episode 3
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Cura Pastoralis – Preface - paleography
Alfred's Preface to Cura Pastoralis (1.87 MB)
Wycliffe’s Translation of the Bible
Wycliffe's Psalm 1
Wycliffe's Psalm 8
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Cura Pastoralis – PrefaceTranslation practices over the centuries: from the Anglo-Saxon period to early Modern English
9.
Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon
Caedmon
external link to text an glossary (University of Calgary website)
Tyndale’s Translation of the Bible - working with a facsimile
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Bede’s Account of the Poet CædmonThe Adventure of English – episode 4
11.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Cynewulf and CyneherdHistory of English monolingual dictionaries
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Test 2Working with the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Cynewulf and CyneherdRevision
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BeowulfTest
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Re-tests and signaturesRe-tests and signatures