Episode 69: From Conquest to Domesday
The History of English Podcast
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The Origins and Evolution of the Calendar
This chapter explores the origins of the word 'calendar' and how it came to be used to refer to a document listing the days and months of the year, tracing its etymology back to the Roman practice of the calendae. It also discusses the replacement of Anglo-Saxon month names with Latin month names after the Norman Conquest and provides explanations for the meanings behind some of the old month names.
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