Hope In The Fifteenth Century

Desmond Tutu a social rights activist and retired bishop once said, “hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness.” This quote can be applied to various situations, events, and circumstances throughout history. I think that this quote can be applied to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries through individuals who portrayed hope. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were filled with poverty, terror, and death. Some of the larger problems were the black death, economic decline, the Great Schism, the Hundred Years’ War, the conflict with the church, and the revolutionary movements (Hay). These chaotic events made the citizens believe the world was going to end. There seemed to be no hope, but one person who was the light in all the darkness was Johannes Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable type printing press, that gave hope to many people in the despair of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and even today.
Hope in the darkness of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries can be seen through Johannes Gutenberg. Gutenberg’s birth date is unknown, but it was concluded to be around 1394 to 1404. His well to do family consisted of his father, Friele
For the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries Once the prices of the printed books went down, the printing press provided people a better education. It deepened people's faith because they could finally read the Bible for themselves. The printing press let the people spread ideas quicker than before. Literature was finally being shared in an efficient way (Whipps). If the movable printing press was never invented we would not be where we are in education, science, math, and technology today. Desmond Tutu’s quote can be seen in the hardships of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries with Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the movable type printing press that gave hope to many