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On This Day In History: Papal Bull Issued To Arrest All Knights Templar And Seize Their Lands – On 22 Nov, 1307

AncientPages.com | November 22, 2016

AncientPages.com - On November 22, 1307, a Papal Bull, the so-called “Pastoralis Praeeminentiae” was issued by Pope Clement V to all Christian monarchs. Monarchs of Christendom were given

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: