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    manuscript culture to a literate one due to the invention of the printing press had many cultural effects, including the democratisation of knowledge, an educational revolution, narrative permanency, accuracy of information, and empowerment of society. These effects altered the way that people accessed, processed, and understood information, and is a key development in creating the society we live in today. The invention of the printing press in the 1450’s allowed writing to be more easily created and

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    Limitations of Technology – An exploration of the printing press Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398-1468)’s printing press was created in the mid-15th century Guttenberg used his moveable type machine to print the first mass produced book- the Gutenberg bible, also known as the 42 line bible, named after the number of lines per column. The publication was printed at the rate of 300 pages per day, an unrealistic quantity during the time of print made possible by his invention. Metal letter forms copied manuscript

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    (Bridge) One of those milestones was the Printing Press. (Background) The Printing Press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany during the year 1450. By 1500, more than 20 million books were printed. He used movable metal type to create a machine to print books. The Printing press made books cheaper and increased the literacy rate in Europe. More people started to take interest in other subjects such as geography and religion. The Printing Press also resulted in two consequences: The Protestant

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    out themselves. This is a world without writing and books, and this is how humans used to live until the fifteenth century. One invention changed this, and this is the printing press. I believe that the printing press is the most helpful invention to humans so far, and it has influenced our world in many ways. The printing press was the machine invented by Johannes Gutenberg that changed the world and has helped humans spread their knowledge. After he invented it in 1440, it became easy to write

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    The printing press and its involvement in the reformation Sometime before 1450 Johann Guttenburg developed the printing press, this invention made the printing of lengthy texts far easier. In the years following Gutenberg’s era to Luther’s, printing as an industry was improving exponentially. The press received mechanical improvements, increasing efficiency. Printing also became a large industry with large facilities dedicated to printing. The Reformation would prove good to the printing industry

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    In the past, the printing press required a lot of work. Before the printing press was created there were early models that were created by the Chinese. They used wooden blocks to transfer information on silk. Woodblock printing was popular during the Roman Egypt era. Pi Sheng was the person who made the first movable printing press. This printing press used metal pieces to print material. The Korean also created a model of the movable printing press. It was almost perfect and then an invention of

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    The ways the printing press preserved the past was by revolutionizing the spread of knowledge in Europe both new and old. Gutenberg's printing press made books cheaper, more available and allowed it to expand to other countries, “They turned out more than 10 million copies of books in Latin and other European languages. Books became cheaper in price and available to anyone who could reach them”(Gutenberg, 2009). The printing press allowed the European people to preserve the original subjects, beliefs

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    The Printing Press is known as one of the most influential event of the Renaissance. The printing press is an apparatus that applies pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), which then transfers the ink to the paper. This machine was generally used for texts(words and writing). The development of the Renaissance by the Printing press had a significant impact in that it allowed to easily keep records, develop better education, and efficiently mass produce

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    Blogs - From Printing Press to Blog Essay

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    From Printing Press to Blog Lance Arthur, a practiced and well-respected figure in the close-knit community of web design, subtitles his homepage (www.lancearthur.com) with the short and simple phrase, "Just Write." Although his immediate profession is as a designer, Lance is also a writer. His website records his weekly musings and political rants, and it is one of several million to be updated on a regular basis. Such a website is called a blog, or web log, and in an age of the Internet

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    The development of printing modified ideas in European culture and religion. it enabled people to expose themselves to other models of society and different opinions about religious beliefs. In 1445 Gutenburg invented the printing press, little did he know that this invention would have such a great impact on Europe and its views in the centuries to come. The printing press's development helped convey ideas from the scientific revolution to the middle class as well as promote the rise of the individual

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