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How Did These Five Common Words Enter The English Language?

AncientPages.com | October 28, 2024

AncientPages.com - The naming process, the act of naming the items of the world, is as old as the first words spoken by our ancestors. We can reconstruct the stages

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On This Day In History: The Only English Pope In History Of Catholic Church Elected – On Dec 4, 1154

AncientPages.com | December 4, 2016

AncientPages.com - On December 4, 1154, the only pope to have been born in England and the first pope from the Anglosphere, who served from 1154 to 1159.

Left: William Caxton; Right: Caxton's 1477 edition of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Image via wikipedia

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On This Day In History: William Caxton Printed His First Book – On Nov 18, 1477

AncientPages.com | November 18, 2016

AncientPages.com - On November 18, 1477, English printer William Caxton printed the first book in England. It was his book, "Sayings of the Philosophers" (Dictes or Sayengis). Left: