Robert Copland
Robert Copland is (fl. 1505-1546) had a long career as a poet, translator, and printer, and his achievements were substantial. As a printer, he worked for and with Wynkyn de Worde, and his editions look back to the work of Caxton, de Worde's master, and forward, through the work of his successor William Copland, to the Elizabethan period. As a translator, he worked at a time when foreign languages were becoming increasingly necessary to the average Englishman. John Berdan calls Copland one of...See more
Robert Copland is (fl. 1505-1546) had a long career as a poet, translator, and printer, and his achievements were substantial. As a printer, he worked for and with Wynkyn de Worde, and his editions look back to the work of Caxton, de Worde's master, and forward, through the work of his successor William Copland, to the Elizabethan period. As a translator, he worked at a time when foreign languages were becoming increasingly necessary to the average Englishman. John Berdan calls Copland one of the main channels of French influence in England during this period. See less
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![The Passyon [Sic] of Our Lorde. Here Ensueth a Goostely Treatyse of the Passyon of Our Lorde Jesu Chryst / With Many Deuout Conteplacyons / Examples / And Extencions of the Same](https://www1.alibris-static.com/the-passyon-sic-of-our-lorde-here-ensueth-a-goostely-treatyse-of-the-passyon-of-our-lorde-jesu-chryst-with-many-deuout-conteplacyons-examples-and-extencions-of-the-same/isbn/9781179903750.gif)
