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THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

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Printing Press and the Spread of Ideas* By the 1200s, block printing, invented in China, had reached Europe. European printers began to print whole pages with this process, but it was slow.* In the 1450s, Johann Gutenberg of Germany invented a printing press with movable type. Now 500 books could be produced in 5 months, the same amount of time needed for one book to be copied by hand.* In 1455, Gutenberg printed the Bible, the first full-sized book produced with movable type.* By the 1500s, books were being printed quickly and in such quantity that many more people could afford them.* Fewer books were printed in Latin and more books were printed in languages such as English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German. As a result, more people began to read the Bible on their own. Some formed ideas about Christianity that differed from the teachings of the Church.How did the printing press contribute to the Renaissance?
A
Artists could mass produce their great works
B
Literature became more important than art
C
It led to a number of great inventions
D
It spread Renaissance ideas to more people
Explanation: 

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. Woodblock printing in China dates back to the 9th century and Korean bookmakers were printing with moveable metal type a century before Gutenberg.

Detailed explanation-2: -The near-simultaneous discovery of sea routes to the West (Christopher Columbus, 1492) and East (Vasco da Gama, 1498) and the subsequent establishment of trade links greatly facilitated the global spread of Gutenberg-style printing.

Detailed explanation-3: -From Mainz the printing press spread rapidly, first through Germany and then into other areas of Europe. By 1500 more than one thousand presses had been established across the continent, and they had collectively produced more than nine million copies of more than forty thousand separate book titles.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gutenberg Press: The first printing press was developed by Johan Gutenberg in 1430s. It was a developed form of the olive and wine presses. By 1448 Gutenberg perfected this system. The lead moulds were used for casting the metal types for the letters of alphabet.

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