The Adventure of English — Season 1, Episode 3: The Battle for the Language of the Bible
Documentary • 65 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 8.6/10
Episode synopsis
This is the story of how English became the battleground in the fight for men's souls. The medieval church establishment kept the Bible in Latin, while those possessing an English translation risked death. We see the impact of printing on the English language, and how that fixed many of the anomalies of spelling and grammar that still make English so difficult for students to learn.
About The Adventure of English
The history of the English language presented by Melvyn Bragg; from its modest beginnings around 500 AD as a minor Germanic dialect to its rise as a global language.