Welcome to the History of English Podcast, a podcast about the history of the English language.

This is episode 179, Defining Moments.

This time, as we continue the chronological story of English, we're going to look at several landmark events in the early 1600s.

We'll look at the end of the Elizabethan era and the arrival of James the first in England.

We'll also explore the events that led to a new translation of the Bible,

setting the stage for one of the most influential books in the history of English.

The period also featured a plot to kill the new king and most of the

members of parliament that nearly changed the course of history. That event also had an interesting

influence on the language.

These are all defining moments in history, but one of the most important defining moments from this period was literally a defining moment.

It was the publication of the first dictionary. was literally a defining moment.

It was the publication of the first dictionary of the English language.

So we have a lot to cover in this episode,

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Now as the title of this episode indicates,

we're going to explore several landmark events

from the early 1600s, specifically the period from

1602 to 1605. Whenever an event determines the course of events that occur

afterwards, we sometimes call it a defining moment or a defining event.

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