WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, the Gutenberg Bible was the first book to be mass produced on the Gutenberg printing press. The invention and use of the printing press in Europe was important for the Renaissance because it allowed new ideas and worldviews to spread across the continent more easily.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gutenberg movable type printing press made information more available and easier to spread. If we compare hand-written books to snail mail (both are forms of communication that spread a little information at a slow pace), then the printing press was the Renaissance-era version of e-mail and Internet search engines.

Detailed explanation-3: -Renaissance–Printing and Thinking. From The Western Tradition series. When Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and, eventually, all over the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Individualism. Rationalism. Secularism. Humanism.