William Caxton
The occurrence of the renaissance was between the 1400's and 1600's and it was the link between Medieval and Modern periods of European history. The time when artists became recognized as individuals was towards the end of the Medieval period. It started in Italy, mainly in Florence and it had big impacts on art forms and the experimentation behind it. Throughout the renaissance William Caxton became a printer in Westminster and his printing press was the first to be brought to England. This was 20 or so years after Gutenberg had developed printing technology which by this time had spread to other countries. William Caxton was the first printer to print a book in English, this book being The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
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| Lotte Hellinga. William Caxton and early printing in England. p.13 |
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