ABSTRACT
The Stationers' Company of London, chartered as late as 1557, grew rapidly and continued to rise so remarkably that anyone could recognise its steady growth during the second half of the century. Within the organisation of the Stationers' Company, the economic power of publishers specialising in publishing and selling books gradually eroded that of printers, limited only to a small number, specialising in producing books. School education in mid-sixteenth-century Protestant England played a great part in the intellectual advancement of civil society. It was in 1535 that Henry VIII called himself the Supreme Head of the Church of England and began to suppress Catholic churches. The domestic impact of Henry VIII's proclamation of the Church of England resulted in a vigorous and effective doctrinal propaganda by printers for the benefit of both Catholic and Protestant.
