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2. The Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in Europe around 1440. The German blacksmith and goldsmith, turned printer and publisher, introduced mechanical movable type printing, resulting in an altered societal structure in Renaissance Europe.
Sources:
Eisenstein, E (1979) ‘Defining the initial shift: some features of print culture’ in The Printing Press as an Agent of Change Vol. 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 43-163
By Brett Osteen (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
2. The Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in Europe around 1440. The German blacksmith and goldsmith, turned printer and publisher, introduced mechanical movable type printing, resulting in an altered societal structure in Renaissance Europe.
Sources:
Eisenstein, E (1979) ‘Defining the initial shift: some features of print culture’ in The Printing Press as an Agent of Change Vol. 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 43-163
By Brett Osteen (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons