English Language 1600 - 1650
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- English Language 1600 - 1650
- Significant scientific developments and beginning of English being widely used
- Bodleian Library 1602, Opened in Oxford, one of oldest in Europe
- Table Alphabeticall 1604
- Only 120 pages, listed 2,453 words along with very brief definitions
- Robert Cawdrey
- Claimed purpose was 'for the benefit of ladies, gentlewomen or unskilled persons
- Words often arbitrary and obscure, but inspired future dictionaries
- Authorised King James Bible
- Began in 1604, completed in 1611
- Translations done by 47 scholars , from un iof Cambridge, Oxford and Westminster.
- Sound bound for 10 shillings and bound for 12.
- Used ye for the, and & for and. Punctuation was relatively heavy.
- Advancements of Learning
- Bacon gives philosophical, civic and religious arguments for engaging in learning
- Second book, Bacon analyses state of the sciences, what is being done and how to advance
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