The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of EnglishKyle Cathie, 1999 - 269 pages "Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern-day green movement, with a nod towards the invention of playing cards, the California Gold Rush and the first recorded blizzard along the way, The Chronology of Words and Phrases links hundreds of words and phrases with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life. A words book for historians and a history book for wordsmiths, it will have pride of place in any book lover's collection." --Book Jacket. |
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... Europe from China , possibly by way of the Arab world . However , it took a good while longer before gunpowder was used to launch projectiles . According to Frederick Wilkinson in his book THE WORLD'S GREAT GUNS ( 1987 ) the earliest ...
... Europe from China , possibly by way of the Arab world . However , it took a good while longer before gunpowder was used to launch projectiles . According to Frederick Wilkinson in his book THE WORLD'S GREAT GUNS ( 1987 ) the earliest ...
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... EUROPE - It is not known for certain where the Black Death originated infection was probably picked up in the East by traders or sailors returning to Italy - but its progress across Europe was relentless . Bubonic plague reached the ...
... EUROPE - It is not known for certain where the Black Death originated infection was probably picked up in the East by traders or sailors returning to Italy - but its progress across Europe was relentless . Bubonic plague reached the ...
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... Europe to open up and defend the territories of the New World . At the same time , the political map of Europe was changing . Across the Channel , France now had influence over the seaports of Brittany , while Spain was set to control ...
... Europe to open up and defend the territories of the New World . At the same time , the political map of Europe was changing . Across the Channel , France now had influence over the seaports of Brittany , while Spain was set to control ...
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The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English Linda Flavell,Roger Flavell No preview available - 2001 |
Common terms and phrases
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