LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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it improved communication between societies
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it increased the amount of printed material available to the masses
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it created a more unrestricted circulation of texts
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy in Renaissance Europe. The printing revolution also contributed mightily to the Protestant Reformation that split apart the Catholic Church.
Detailed explanation-2: -Printing made it possible to put information on paper quickly and cheaply, leading to an explosion in the distribution of books, pamphlets, pictures, and newspapers. It also enabled the creation of new forms of written communication. Printing accelerated the spread of knowledge and the dissemination of ideas.
Detailed explanation-3: -Medieval presses used a handle to turn a wooden screw that moved the platen on which the paper was mounted; the platen squeezed the paper against the type, which was locked in place in a frame, or form. Metal presses, developed late in the 18th century, used steam to drive a cylinder press.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before the printing press was invented, books and manuscripts were only accessible to the rich. The invention of printing press made information accessible and it could be easily reproduced. Hence, books and manuscripts became less expensive.