Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Kevin explains how to read and how to speak Middle English from the time of Chaucer. He gives a reading of the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales with Middle English and Modern pronunciation.

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00:00 Welcome Kevin and Middle English greetings
02:26 About thehistoryofenglishpodcast
04:03 About learning Old English and Middle English
06:05 When was Middle English?
11:48 How do we know what Middle English sounded like?
16:53 Essential Middle English vocabulary.
22:03 Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Middle English pronunciation).
26:13 Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Modern English pronunciation).
29:28 The pronunciation and spelling of Middle English
01:02:46 Let's speak Middle English