HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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The Bible could only be published in Rome.
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The Bible could be printed in many languages.
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The Bible was required to be handwritten by monks.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Less than 50 years after Gutenberg printed the Bible, over 1, 000 print shops had sprung up in more than 200 European cities and towns. They turned out more than 10 million copies of books in Latin and other European languages. Books became cheaper in price and available to anyone who could read them.
Detailed explanation-2: -With an increase in literacy, the more opportunities to own personal religious texts and growth of individual reading, the printing press ultimately undermined the Catholic Church and disrupted the European religious culture by spreading religious knowledge and shifting the power to the people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Printing made it possible to put information on paper quickly and cheaply, leading to an explosion in the distribution of books, pamphlets, pictures, and newspapers. It also enabled the creation of new forms of written communication. Printing accelerated the spread of knowledge and the dissemination of ideas.
Detailed explanation-4: -(lass, 1987) Then the invention of the Printing Press played a significant role in the spread of a common version of English, as more people were able to access books and the rules about the look of letters and spelling of words became more concrete.