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Ink & Authority: How the Stationers’ Company Controlled England’s First Prints
Episode 102
Published 6 days, 2 hours ago
Description
This episode dives into the founding of London's Worshipful Company of Stationers in 1403 and its monopoly over printing, showing how their Register became an early form of copyright that shaped the standardization of English spelling, the rise of Shakespearean drama, and ultimately the modern language economy.
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