THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

The Gutenberg Revolution: A History of Innovation

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century revolutionized the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous monopoly of knowledge held by the clergy. Before Gutenberg's Impact of Literacy innovation, books were painstakingly transcribed by hand, making them rare an

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