The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times / With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period

An historical study tracing the teaching and use of French in England from the medieval period through Tudor and Stuart times, it surveys grammars and school treatises, the decline of Anglo-French and adoption of continental standards, the presence of French at court and in universities, and the careers of prominent tutors. It examines the impact of Protestant refugees and Huguenot teachers, the growth of French schools and textbooks, rivalries among practitioners, and classroom methods — reading, translation, pronunciation, and bilingual manuals — concluding with the linguistic and institutional changes up to the late seventeenth century.