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Canterbury & District

History of Printing and Publishing in Europe

Status:Active, open to new members
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When: Weekly on Monday mornings 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Starts: 05/10/2026 Ends: 16/11/2026
Venue: Cathedral Archives Seminar Room
Cost: £6.00

Tutor/Leader: Dr David Shaw
Specific dates: 5 to 19 Oct, 2 to 16 Nov
No. sessions: 6
Description: Gutenberg’s invention of moveable type; the spread of printing in the 15th century; religion and scholarship in 16th-century Europe; King v. Parliament in 17th-century England; English provincial printing and publishing in the 18th century (focussing on Canterbury); printing and the industrial revolution in the 19th-century; 20th-century developments, including the computer and the internet; the history of the Cathedral Library. The course will include use of historic materials from the Cathedral Library collections.

BOOKING for 2026-2027 courses via our bookings website (member login required) opens on 2nd July 2026.

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