HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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new types of ships and trade
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Luther’s religious conversion
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people’s curiosity
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the printing press
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Detailed explanation-1: -Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy in Renaissance Europe. The printing revolution also contributed mightily to the Protestant Reformation that split apart the Catholic Church.
Detailed explanation-2: -The printing press made books and manuscripts easily accessible to everyone. People were able to express their ideas and thoughts easily. The printing press changed the methods of consuming and sharing information.
Detailed explanation-3: -The invention of the printing press allowed books and pamphlets to be made faster and more cheaply. This new technology helped spread the revolutionary ideas of the Renaissance and Reformation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Since printing presses produced the same material regardless of where it was the messages and ideas that were in the theses were shared to everyone that read them regardless of location. This is a huge reason behind why the Protestant Reformation gained so much traction.