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How The Printing Press Changed Renaissance Society

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The printing press is a fantastic example of the inquiring Renaissance spirit as it was the invention that changed Renaissance society and that aroused problems and innovations that impacted future generations.
The printing press was created by Johannes Gutenberg in 1455 in Germany and was the discovery of how to print books using separate metal letters to make a page of words (forme). One or two typesetters readied the form, proof readers checked these pages and two journeymen spread Gutenberg’s soot and linseed oil ink all over the forme, before putting damp paper over it and pressing down on it using a screw attached to a wide thick wooden plate.
The printing press developed a way for book production to be quicker, cheaper and in large

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