HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Question
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The Catholic Church became stronger due to more Catholic books being printed
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more people learned to read & write
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books were cheaper and easier to produce
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people wanted to learn more knowledge
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -The impact of the printing press in Europe included: A huge increase in the volume of books produced compared to handmade works. An increase in the access to books in terms of physical availability and lower cost. More authors were published, including unknown writers.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the mid-1400s a German craftsman named Johannes Gutenberg developed a way to handle this process by machine-the first printing press. His invention combined movable pieces of metal type that could be reused with a press that could produce sharp impressions on paper over and over again.