The Teaching of French in Tudor and Stuart England

Chapter VIII The Study of French Among Merchants and Soldiers

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Merchants and the study of French—Text-books for merchants—Relations with the Netherlands—The ‘book from Anvers’—Barlement’s book of dialogues—Meurier’s manuals for teaching French to the English in Antwerp—The study of French in the Netherlands—French for soldiers—The Verneys—John Wodroeph—The difficulty of the French language—Necessity of rules as well as practice—The Marrow of the French Tongue.

Part III

Stuart Times