Historians rank the printing press among the most revolutionary technologies in all of history. Some may disagree‚ but many don’t know where we’d be right now if this great piece of technology had never been invented. Over the last 500 years‚ nothing has changed the way we communicate‚ and even spread religion or literature‚ as much as the Printing Press has done. At the time the printing press was invented‚ there had been no way to spread religion other than by word of the man or by holy
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Consequence of the Printing Press? Numerous people from the Renaissance time tried to make a living on their own by painting and writing books. Although it seemed very hard to spread their ideas around the world‚ by 1444 their worries began to shrink. A man from Germany named Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press‚ which made possible for people to have copies of books and letters in a much lesser time. What was the great outcome of the printing press? The efficiency of the printing press allowed ideas
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The printing press first came into effect around 1440 as a part of the Roman empire and became one of the most important if not the important invention in human history. The printing press was a machine that gave users the ability to print large amounts of paper. This opened new doors for society because before the printing press it was very difficult to produce literature. Individuals would often have to write out a whole piece of literature which could take up a large amount of time. The printing
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Alisha Nutt Throughout history‚ changes in technology have had a great influence on society. The development of Gutenberg’s printing press had a major impact on specific societies and the world. Before Gutenberg invented the printing press books were wrote by hand and they took several years to finish. The monks wrote the bible by hand and it took a long time to finish the books. During the Middle Ages manuscript books were produced by monks who worked with pen and ink in a copying room known as
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The Printing Press There have been many important inventions over the past millennium. Many of them have helped shape society into what it is today. None however have contributed as much to the world as the printing press has. The printing press was invented in the year 1440 by Johann Gutenberg of Mainz‚ Germany. The printing press consisted of a large press which held plates where movable type could be inserted to spell out entire books page by page. The press was either operated by a large
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The Printing Press The Renaissance is the French translation of “Rebirth." This was reflected in the outburst of art and culture‚ inspired by the revival of classic art and the intellect of Greece and Rome. Literature had flourished; the technological advancement of the invention of the printing press was a major contribution to the renaissance and had drastically revolutionized the nature of book publishing and the accessibility of knowledge in Europe and ultimately the world. Prior to the
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The Printing Press in 1450-1600 Johannes Gutenberg‚ inventor of the printing press‚ is said to be the man of the millennium. This is because the printing press was such a valuable tool in that time and it helped shape the world ’s future for the better. The printing press was invented in 1450 during the Renaissance. It changed many aspects of the time‚ from what they used to be. During the 1450s to the 1600s the printing press altered the culture and the religion of Europe in that time. Before
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humanists were chiefly interested in the problem of the ancient church and the question of what constituted original Christianity. Two factors operated to accelerate the spread of Renaissance culture after 1450: growing economic prosperity and the printing press. Prosperity -- the result of peace and the decline of famine and the plague -- led to the founding of schools and colleges. In these schools the sons of gentlemen and nobles would receive a humanistic education imported from Italy. The purpose
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consequence of the printing press Throughout history there have been many changes‚ discoveries‚ and inventions around the world. One of the most significant inventions that changed the world completely was Gutenberg’s invention; in the 1450s he revolutionized the world by inventing the printing press. He changed human communication completely‚ but what was the most important consequence of the printing press? The transition before the printing press was invented and after the printing press was invented
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The printing press was made by the Chinese in the 13th century‚ but due to the amount of characters in the Chinese language it wasn’t very efficient there. The printing press was then discovered by Europeans through trade routes between china. Then in the 14th century Johannes Gutenberg invented the European model of the press and printed the first book the bible. After this many printing presses were made across Europe and influenced a lot of the culture. The printing press affected the renaissance
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