“Seldom can two such epoch-making events have occurred in successive years as happened then. In 1453 the Turks stormed Constantinople and finally destroyed the Greek Empire, driving out Greek scholars, who carried the knowledge of Greek language and literature to the western world; and in 1454 the first document known to us appeared from the printing press at Mainz.” WorldYearsFirstsTwoLiteratureLanguageKnownHappenedEventsPressesWesternDrivingDestroyedGreekEmpiresScholarDocumentsPrintingWestern WorldEpochPrinting PressConstantinople Author:Frederic G. Kenyon
“Throughout, the work of Tyndale formed the foundation, and more than anyone else he established the rhythms and furnished much of the language which is familiar to us in the Authorised Version.” LanguageFoundationFamiliarVersionsRhythm Author:Frederic G. Kenyon