# Episode 96: From Alpha to Omega

An episode of [The History of English Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/538608536), 7 Jul 2017, 58 min.

Audio: https://media.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/content.blubrry.com/historyofenglish/Ep96-From-Alpha-to-Omega.mp3

During the early Middle English period, the long vowel sound represented by letter A started to shift to a new sound represented by letter O. In this episode, we explore this early vowel shift, and we also explore the dispute between King John and Pope Innocent III over the selection of a new Archbishop of Canterbury. TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 96

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