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The Gutenberg Revolution: How Printing Changed the Course of History
The Gutenberg Revolution How Printing Changed the Course of History Author:John Man In 1450, all Europe?s books were hand copied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500 they were printed, and numbered in their millions. The invention of one man ? Johann Gutenberg ? had caused a revolution. Printing by moveable type was a discovery waiting to happen. — Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background ... more »of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradox: his ambition was to unite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it. He aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life?s work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary. His discovery marks the beginning of the modern world.« less