The Impact of the Printing Press

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When did the first printing press come to England and who introduced it?
William Caxton in 1476
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How many books were published in the period 1520-29?
800
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How many books were published per decade by 1558?
1,800
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When was the first list of censored books created?
1529
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In what year were the censorship laws extended to include secular as well as religious books?
1538
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What did The Stationers, a London company founded by the government, get in 1557?
It was given a monopoly on licensed presses (except those at Oxford and Cambridge) in return for it monitoring and preventing unlicensed printing.
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From what year had Lutheran books began arriving in England?
1521
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During Mary’s reign, what did exiled Protestants use the printing press for?
They used foreign printing presses to publish at least 98 books or tracts of propaganda (incl. those by John Knox)
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What version of the Bible was printed and spread in 1560?
The Geneva Bible
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How did Archbishop Parker deal with the Geneva Bible and how effective was his solution?
He was forced to publish a rival ‘Bishop’s Bible’ (1568) but the Geneva version remained popular until the 17th century, and went through 130 editions.