Episode 149: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The History of English Podcast

Kevin Stroud

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 6.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In the years following Martin Luther’s protest against the Catholic Church, small fractures soon turned into a major rift. The Protestant Reformation led to the break-up of the Western Church. Meanwhile in England, the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	Welcome to the History of English Podcast, a podcast about the history of the English
0:15.5	language.
0:17.1	This is Episode 149.
0:19.8	Breaking up is hard to do.
0:22.3	In this episode, we're going to look at the events that led to the split between the
0:25.8	Church of England and the Catholic Church in Rome.
0:29.3	It was a messy breakup that was triggered by a messy divorce.
0:33.1	The marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Eragon finally came to a bitter end.
0:38.4	Meanwhile, the fractures that were appearing within the Church led religious scholars
0:42.5	to ignore the prohibition against vernacular translations of the Bible.
0:47.7	An English translation of the New Testament soon appeared, and it gave the people of England
0:52.2	access to the scriptures in their own language.
0:55.6	In the popularity of that Bible, had a significant influence on the English language going forward.
1:01.1	So this time, we're going to look at how a couple of breakups in the early 1500s shaped
1:05.7	the English language.
1:07.7	But before we begin, let me remind you that the website for the podcast is historyofenglishpodcast.com,
1:14.5	and you can sign up to support the podcast and get bonus episodes and transcripts at patreon.com
1:20.6	slash historyofenglish.
1:23.8	At last time, we looked at the impact of marital unions on the history of English.
1:28.9	So it's probably appropriate that this time, we're going to do the opposite, and look
1:33.0	at breakups.
1:34.8	As we saw last time, Martin Luther published a series of criticisms against the Catholic
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