HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Latin
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Greek
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the language of the Gods
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the common language of the people
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vernacular Language The wider availability of printed books increased the demand for texts written in vernacular languages that were spoken in their regions, such as French, Spanish, and English. This contributed to the development of national cultures based on shared literary traditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gutenberg Bible was printed in Mainz in 1455 by Johann Gutenberg and his associates, Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer.
Detailed explanation-3: -This law gave the government tyrannical rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press. If a seditious report was published and the newspaper did not heed to an initial warning, then the press was seized and the printing machinery confiscated. This was a complete violation of the freedom of expression.
Detailed explanation-4: -The printing revolution did not cause the Reformation. But the movable-type printing press produced many more copies of religious writings critical of the Catholic Church than would have been possible before Gutenberg’s invention.