LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the triptych
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the flail
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the rudder
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the letter press
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Detailed explanation-1: -German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the printing press around 1436, although he was far from the first to automate the book-printing process.
Detailed explanation-2: -When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440, only about 30 percent of European adults were literate. Gutenberg’s invention flooded Europe with printed material and literacy rates began to rise.
Detailed explanation-3: -As printing spread, newspapers were published and issues were debated in public. The leaders and reformers were able to spread their ideas easily. Poets and novelists could also write and express their feelings and sentiments, which now could reach a larger audience.
Detailed explanation-4: -Despite popular belief, printing from moveable type was actually invented in China in 1041, and then again four centuries later in Europe. Although the exact details of the invention of letterpress printing remain hazy, most scholars credit Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz Germany around 1440.