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Outline
William Caxton personality
Caxton learns to print
Bringing printing to England
Creating new
reading markets
Caxton’s cultural and historical impact
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William Caxton
Born in Kent
between 1415 and 1425
English merchant in the Low
Countries (Bruges)
Governor of the resident English merchants
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![Caxton learns to print Cologne (Germany) Bartholomaeus Anglicus’s “De Proprietatibus](/_ipx/f_webp&q_80&fit_contain&s_1440x1080/imagesDir/jpg/392764/slide-3.jpg)
Caxton learns to print
Cologne (Germany)
Bartholomaeus Anglicus’s “De Proprietatibus Rerum” (“On the
Proprieties of Things”) ; 1472
Johannes Schilling
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“The Recuyell of the Histories of Troy”
1473
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“Game of Chess”
1475
Bruges
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Caxton brings printing to England
1476 - first printing shop near Westminster
Abbey
1477 - Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”
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Creating new reading markets
Aesop’s Fables (1484)
Le Morte Darthur (1485)
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Adapting for his audience:
Caxton as editor and publicist
Publishing his own
translations
Adopting various methods to make the books more accessible and attractive
Taking in active role in editing a work
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Caxton’s cultural and historical impact
Important contributions to the English language
Introduction
of a large number of new words into the lexicon: “concussion”, “fortification”, “servitude”, “voyager”
The first usage of over 1,300 words
A limited number of technical changes: different type fonts and illustrations
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Woodcut illustration depicting the Wife of Bath, one of the 31
pilgrims from The Canterbury Tales