William Caxton

Standard Name: Caxton, William

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Literary Setting Beatrice Harraden
The stories, not arranged chronologically, cover periods from the ancient Greeks and Romans through the middle ages. Named characters include William of Wykeham (founder of Winchester College and of New College, Oxford ), the pioneer...
Reception Anna Swanwick
In 1858 AS became one of the first female members of the Royal Institution .
The Institution, founded in 1799, calls itself on its website the oldest independent research body in the world, and has...
Residence Vita Sackville-West
VSW and Harold Nicolson bought Long Barn in the village of Weald in Kent (reputedly William Caxton 's birthplace) for £2,500; it was only a couple of miles from Knole.
Glendinning, Victoria. Vita. Penguin, 1984.
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Textual Production Harriet Taylor
In 1833 HT contributed a chapter on the life of William Caxton to Lives of Eminent Persons, a volume published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge .
Taylor, Harriet. The Complete Works of Harriet Taylor Mill. Editors Jacobs, Jo Ellen and Paula Harms Payne, Indiana University Press, 1998.
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Textual Production Sara Maitland
This is the earliest text written in Latin and known to be by a woman: Perpetua's story or prison diary
Newman, Barbara. “My Feet Are Cut Off”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 23, 3 Dec. 2009, pp. 38-9.
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of the events which led to her being executed under the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus

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7 March 203: In the reign of the Emperor Septimius Severus,...

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7 March 203

In the reign of the Emperor Septimius Severus , Perpetua , author of the earliest surviving text in Latin by a woman, was martyred at Carthage in North Africa.
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.

1371: Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry began work on...

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1371

Geoffroy de la Tour-Landry began work on The Book of the Knight of the Tower, which later became the first book on the education of women to circulate in England.
Orme, Nicholas. From Childhood to Chivalry: The Education of the English Kings and Aristocracy, 1066-1530. Methuen, 1984.
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About June 1390: John Gower finished composing his only English...

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About June 1390

John Gower finished composing his only English poem, the miscellaneous collection of tales entitled Confessio Amantis; it was printed by William Caxton in 1483.
Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

By 3 March 1470: Sir Thomas Malory, a political prisoner in...

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By 3 March 1470

Sir Thomas Malory , a political prisoner in London, most probably in the Tower, finished compiling and writing his collection of legendary Arthurian romances, Le Morte d'Arthur.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Probably late 1474: William Caxton published (at Bruges) the...

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Probably late 1474

William Caxton published (at Bruges) the heroic romance entitled Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy: the first book printed in English.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press, 2002, 2 vols.

13 December 1476: William Caxton printed a Papal Indulgence...

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13 December 1476

William Caxton printed a Papal Indulgence on which a contemporary hand added this date, which makes it Caxton's earliest known printing in England.
Caxton’s Printed Indulgence. National Archives, http://www.pro.gov.uk/virtualmuseum/icons/caxton.htm.

By late 1476: William Caxton set up at Westminster the...

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By late 1476

William Caxton set up at Westminster the first printing press in England.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.

1477: William Caxton printed an edition of Geoffrey...

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1477

William Caxton printed an edition of Geoffrey Chaucer 's composite narrative poem The Canterbury Tales.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.

18 November 1477: Having set up a printing shop in Westminster...

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18 November 1477

Having set up a printing shop in Westminster the previous year, William Caxton published The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers; the earliest dated book printed in England.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
18 November 2013

1483: William Caxton printed his own English translation...

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1483

William Caxton printed his own English translation of The Golden Legend (an internationally popular collection of stories of the saints and martyrs dating from about 1260).
Newman, Barbara. “My Feet Are Cut Off”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 23, 3 Dec. 2009, pp. 38-9.
38-9

2 September 1483: William Caxton dated his edition of John...

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2 September 1483

William Caxton dated his edition of John Gower 's only poem in English, Confessio Amantis.
Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ .
2 September 2008

31 July 1485: Fourteen years after the death of the author,...

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31 July 1485

Fourteen years after the death of the author, Sir Thomas Malory , a printer who was probably William Caxton dated his edition of Le Morte d'Arthur, the most famous English collection of Arthurian romances...

February 1928: An Indulgence of Pope Sixtus IV printed by...

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February 1928

An Indulgence of Pope Sixtus IV printed by Caxton , dated by hand 13 December 1476, was discovered in the London Public Record Office by S. K. Ratcliffe .
Clair, Colin. A Chronology of Printing. Cassell, 1969.
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