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William Caxton
1476- William Caxton introduced printing press which was brought from Belgium. Caxton brought people over from Belgium because people in England didn't know how to use the printing press.
Problem: people from Belgium did not know English.
No dictionary, no books to refer to spelling, so they spelt words in their own will. People spelt things accordingly - how it sounds to them.
Printing press was made from wood - time consuming, expensive, backwards printing.
Thorn disappeared due to P press