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

This is Episode 78, under siege.

In this episode, we're going to look at the outbreak of civil war in England, as King

Stevens' power crumbled, and forces loyal to Matilda took up arms against him.

This civil war ultimately led to a breakdown of central authority, and local barons soon

filled the vacuum left in the wake of that collapse.

They built castles and essentially became local warlords.

In the process, warfare shifted from battlefields to castles, and that ushered in a new era of

siege warfare.

So we'll look at how siege warfare shaped the English language.

But before we begin, let me remind you that the website for the podcast is historyofenglishpodcast.com.

And you can always reach me directly by email at kevinathistoryofenglishpodcast.com.

And I'm on Twitter at EnglishHistPod.

Also, let me think those of you who have left voice samples at the website.

I continued to collect those, so if you would like to add your accent, just go to the voice

samples page at historyofenglishpodcast.com.

I also wanted to thank all of you who have signed up at patreon.com.

The new bonus episode will be posted there in a couple of days.

And also, I recently did an interview with Rand Levy of the Curious Minds podcast about

the discovery of the original Indo-European language.

He does a great job putting the story together, and I recommend that you check out his podcast

if you want to listen to that episode.

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