In the early-modern period, the English language was practically unknown outside of Britain and Ireland, so the English who wanted to travel and trade with the wider world had to become language-learners. John Gallagher explores who learned foreign languages in this period, how they did so, and what they did with the competence they acquired.
In the early-modern period, the English language was practically unknown outside of Britain and Ireland, so the English who wanted to travel and trade with the wider world had to become language-learners. John Gallagher explores who learned foreign languages in this period, how they did so, and what they did with the competence they acquired.
John Gallagher was educated at Trinity College Dublin and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. After holding a Research Fellowship in History at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, he became Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Leeds in 2017. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Renaissance Quarterly, Renaissance Studies, The Italianist, Huntington Library Quarterly, and others. He is a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker and a frequent contributor to radio and print media.
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Introduction 1: Extracurricular Economy: Language Teachers and Language Schools in Early-Modern England 2: Speaking Books: The Early-Modern Conversation Manual 3: To Be Languaged: Early-Modern Linguistic Competences 4: A Conversable Knowledge: Language-Learning and Educational Travel Conclusion
Introduction 1: Extracurricular Economy: Language Teachers and Language Schools in Early-Modern England 2: Speaking Books: The Early-Modern Conversation Manual 3: To Be Languaged: Early-Modern Linguistic Competences 4: A Conversable Knowledge: Language-Learning and Educational Travel Conclusion
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