HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Printing Press
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Word of mouth
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Carrier Pigeons
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Renaissance Work
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Detailed explanation-1: -The clash between Luther and the Catholic Church in Rome was also history’s first “media event.” Johannes Gutenberg’s development of the moveable-type printing press about seventy-five years earlier had a profound impact on the spread of Luther’s thought.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eventually printing texts became accessible to more people so that everyday people could share their ideas. One of the most important effects of the printing press was its influence on the standardization of the English language.
Detailed explanation-3: -There’s a famous quote attributed to German religious reformer Martin Luther that sums up the role of the printing press in the Protestant Reformation: “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.”
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.