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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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 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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The Printing Press The printing press brought mass change to the 15th century during the Renaissance era‚ revolutionizing communication throughout much of Europe and most importantly spreading religious knowledge and secular education of science and mathematics to all people of society (Doc 10). Immediate effects of the printing press were seen through its spread of information quickly and accurately. This created a wider literate reading public and would be influential for centuries to come (Doc
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involving his partner in business‚ and moneylender‚ Johanne Fust. Gutenberg’s printing press contributed to the ability to disseminate information and literature at a rate infinitely faster than in the past‚ enduring that for the first time in history‚ man could be relatively certain that the innovations and progress of his generation wouldn’t be lost to time. Gutenberg “poured more than twenty years of his life into his printing press.” (Rees) While there were improvements made to his design over the years
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influenced every person in the world yet a seldom few know their contributions let alone their names. Of these people was a man named Johannes Gutenberg; the man who invented the printing press. The printing press is one of those inventions that most people take for granted and do not realize their importance. Without the press we would still be handwriting every single copy of any book every written and so the question is what were the main consequences of the printing press? That is‚ what happened
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many inventions of the Renaissance: telescope‚ compass‚ printing press‚ etc. But the most important technological advance of all was the development of printing‚ with movable metal type‚ about the mid-15th century in Germany. A German named Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1436. Printing press invention had a large impact on the value of the books‚ religion and reformation and education. Before the invention of printing press‚ multiple copies of a manuscript had to be made by hand
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textbook has its roots in the standardization made possible by the printing press. Early textbooks were used by tutors and teachers‚ who used the books as instructional aids The next revolution for books came with the 15th-century invention of printing with changeable type. The invention is attributed to German metal smith Johannes Gutenberg‚ who cast type in molds using a melted metal alloy and constructed a wooden-screw printing press to transfer the image onto paper. Gutenberg’s invention made mass
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A printing press is a machine engineered for the purpose of mass fabricating and duplicating text and images in a short amount of time with the use of metal type or plates. The very first printing press with movable type‚ where the type can be moved and rearranged to form new and different text‚ dates back in China in 1‚000 A.D‚ created by a man named Pi Sheng. However‚ due to the complexity of the Chinese language‚ which contains thousands of characters‚ the printing press was proven void as it
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Francesco Loli Hist 201 May 27‚ 2011 Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press There are thousands upon thousands of books at the BYU library. Some of those books are newer than others; some are thicker; some are about history‚ geography‚ economics‚ or engineering. Not every book is in English‚ rather some are in Spanish or other foreign languages. No matter the type of book‚ it took just a couple hours to print them. It is incredible to think how it is possible to have so many books available for us‚ and
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