The Stationers' Company and the Printers of London, 1501-1557

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2014
Author	Author: Peter W.M. Blayney
Language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
City	Cambridge, England
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Region	Europe
Chronological Period	16th century
ISBN	9781107035010
Annotation	2 Volumes. Contents: volume 1. Chapters 1-8 (1501-1546). 1357-1500: historical and lexical introduction 1501-1509: In the beginning 1510-1520: Royal privilege and clerical scrutiny 1521-1528: The church clamps down 1529-1534: The old order changeth 1535-1541: A septennium of Bibles 1535-1541: The Company grows 1542-1546: The end of Henry's reign volume 2. Chapters 9-12 (1547-1557). 1547-1553: The reign of Edward VI 1553-1557: From catastrophe to charter 1554-1557: The road to incorporation 1501-1557 Conclusion Appendixes: The founding of the Company, 12 July 1403 Edition-sheets versus "masterformes" Importation statistics Privileges, patents, and placards A surfeit of Bourmans John Day of Barholm The sites of six printing houses Maps Stationers' Hall and its neighbors The charter of 1557 Books represented in Graphs 2-3