The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye

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The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is a 15th-century English prose translation of a popular French romance about the Trojan War, notable as the first book printed in the English language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf incunable
literary work
printed book
translation
approximateDateOfFirstPrinting c. 1473
c. 1474
associatedWith Burgundian Netherlands NERFINISHED
early English printers
authorOfTranslation William Caxton NERFINISHED
basedOn Recueil des histoires de Troie NERFINISHED
circulation Burgundian court NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Margaret of York NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
dedicatedTo Margaret of York NERFINISHED
genre chivalric romance
romance
hasFormat folio
hasInfluenceOn subsequent English Troy narratives
hasMediaType printed text
hasPart Book I
Book II
Book III
historicalPeriod late Middle Ages
influenced early English printing
late medieval English prose style
language English
literaryPeriod late medieval English literature
literaryTradition medieval Troy literature
mainSubject Trojan War NERFINISHED
narrativePeriod legendary age of heroes
narrativeSetting mythical Troy
notableFor first book printed in the English language
originalLanguage French
placeOfFirstPrinting Bruges NERFINISHED
Burgundy NERFINISHED
printingMilestone earliest surviving substantial English printed book
printingPioneer William Caxton NERFINISHED
printingTechnique movable type
publicationCentury 15th century
script blackletter
subject Greek mythology
Trojan heroes
siege of Troy
titleLanguage Middle English
translator William Caxton NERFINISHED
workExampleOf vernacularization of French courtly literature

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William Caxton printedWork The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
William Caxton translatedWork The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye