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China
7th century
block printing
carved chinese characters into a block of wood
ink-stamp onto paper
Tang Dynasty
invented paper
Bi Sheng
1045 AD
invented movable type
Johannes Guttenberg
1455
invents printing press using metal movable type
Guttenberg Bible
first book produced by the printing press
effect- increases education
more knowledge, easier to get information
effect- cultural diffusion
ideas spread quickly
effect- price of books...
decreases
controversial books
political/religious
challenge authoirty
stats of 1500
1000 "printers" in Europe
40,000 book titles
National governments
afraid- citizens might challenge authority
use it for propoganda
Author
carolinew
ID
17627
Card Set
Renaissance2
Description
how did the printing press impact the ren?
Updated
2010-05-04T00:20:59Z
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