HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Changed literature and religion forever
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Made the Bible more available to all
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was one of the most important inventions created
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The printing press made it possible to produce books and other texts quickly, accurately, and less expensively, which allowed them to be reproduced in greater numbers. Before the printing press, books belonged primarily to the upper classes.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The printing press is often said to have been created by Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany, around 1440 AD, and it began taking root in Europe in the 1450s with the printing of the aforementioned Bible.
Detailed explanation-4: -A printing press was set up in 1800. There were over one lakh pathshalas in Bengal and Bihar. Wood’s Despatch of 1854 marked the final triumph of those who opposed oriental learning.