Cover; Learning Languages In Early Modern England; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; List Of Illustrations; Introduction; 1: Extracurricular Economy: Language Teachers And Language Schools In Early Modern England; Introduction; Educational Environments: Where Language-learning Happened; Language Teachers: Community, Competence, And Authority; Conclusion; 2: Speaking Books: The Early Modern Conversation Manual; Introduction: 'a Book For The Language'; Conversation Manuals: Tracing An Early Modern Print Phenomenon; Noisy Reading: How To Use A Conversation Manual; Conclusions 3: To Be 'languaged': Early Modern Linguistic Competencesintroduction; The Prince And The Porter: Expressing Status And Deference; 'the Converse Of Women'; Forms Of Language: Rituals, Ceremonies, Texts; Commercial Language: Words, Knowledge, And Behaviour In The Marketplace; Fitting In: The Languages Of Immigrants; Conclusion; 4: 'a Conversable Knowledge': Language-learning And Educational Travel; Introduction; 'good' And 'bad' Language: Place, Prestige, And Linguistic Variation; The Traveller's Environment As A Pedagogical Tool Languages On The Page: Multilingual Practices In Travellers' Manuscriptsperforming Linguistic Competence In Letters; Company And Conversation; Critical Imitation: Adaptation, Identity, And Dissimulation; Conclusion: Language And Silence In Early Modern Travel; Conclusion; Bibliography; 1. Select Bibliography Of Primary Materials; (i) Manuscript Sources; (ii) Online Resources; (iii) Printed Primary Materials; (iv) Newspapers And Periodicals; 2. Select Bibliography Of Secondary Works; 3. Supplementary Bibliography (i) Conversation Manuals Containing English And At Least One Other European Language, Printed In The Period 1480-1715polyglot (containing English And More Than One Other Language); English-dutch; English-french; English-german; English-italian; English-spanish; Index John Gallagher. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.