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By the chief centre of the book trade, not only for London, but for the whole country
(Mumby 45). Booksellers on Paternoster Row became a source of competition in the latter half of the century, eventually winning the prominent position in London bookselling, but Paul’s maintained its supremacy well into the seventeenth century.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Surrounding St. Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard has had a multi-faceted history in use and function, being the location of burial, crime, public gathering, and celebration. Before its destruction during the civil war, St. Paul’s Cross was located in the middle of the churchyard, providing a place for preaching and the delivery of Papal edicts (Thornbury).
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Parts of the cathedral and its surrounding areas had been used as markets since the fourteenth century. By the beginning of the sixteenth century, St. Paul’s Churchyard was the chief centre of the book trade, not only for London, but for the whole country
(Mumby 45). Booksellers on Paternoster Row became a source of competition in the latter half of the century, eventually winning the prominent position in London bookselling, but Paul’s maintained its supremacy well into the seventeenth century.
The bookshops at Paul’s were populated largely by foreign booksellers in the sixteenth century. England did not have its own printing press until the
Foreign competition angered the members of the English printing organization, the