William Caxton and Early Printing in England
William Caxton and Early Printing in England

Author: Lotte Hellinga

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780712350884

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This work takes a fresh approach to the first 60 years of printing in England by placing Caxton, his contemporaries and the later generations in the broad context of the history of book production between the middle of the 15th century and the Reformation.

English Readers of Catholic Saints
English Readers of Catholic Saints

Author: Judy Ann Ford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-05-18

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 1000062333

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In 1484, William Caxton, the first publisher of English-language books, issued The Golden Legend, a translation of the most well-known collection of saints’ lives in Europe. This study analyzes the molding of the Legenda aurea into a book that powerfully attracted the English market. Modifications included not only illustrations and changes in the arrangement of chapters, but also the addition of lives of British saints and translated excerpts from the Bible, showing an appetite for vernacular scripture and stories about England’s past. The publication history of Caxton’s Golden Legend reveals attitudes towards national identity and piety within the context of English print culture during the half century prior to the Henrician Reformation.