Early Modern English

====Henry VIII====
*{{c.}} 1509 – Pynson became the king's official printer.
*From 1525 – Publication of [[William Tyndale]]'s [[Tyndale Bible|Bible translation]], [[Censorship of the Bible|which was initially banned]].
*1539 – Publication of the ''[[Great Bible]]'', the first officially authorised Bible in English. Edited by [[Myles Coverdale]], it was largely from the work of Tyndale. It was read to congregations regularly in churches, which familiarised much of the population of England with a standard form of the language.
*1549 – Publication of the [[Book of Common Prayer (1549)|first edition]] of the ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'' in English, under the supervision of [[Thomas Cranmer]] (revised in [[Book of Common Prayer (1552)|1552]], [[Book of Common Prayer (1559)|1559]], [[Book of Common Prayer (1604)|1604]], and [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662]]), which standardised much of the wording of church services. Some have argued that since attendance at prayer book services was required by law for many years, the repetitive use of its language helped to standardise Modern English even more than the ''[[King James Bible]]'' (1611) did.<ref>Stephen L. White, "The Book of Common Prayer and the Standardization of the English Language" The Anglican, 32:2(4-11), April 2003</ref>
*1557 – Publication of ''[[Tottel's Miscellany]]''.