Describe the effects of reading mania in europe after coming of print.
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- The 17th and 18th centuries saw a rapid rise in literacy rate.
- Churches started setting schools in villages.
- These schools were not for the noble class, but for the peasants and working class.
- By the end of the 18th century, literacy rate in Europe was as high as 60 to 80%.
- Bookseller employed sales person who went around villages, carrying books for sale.
- In England, penny chapbooks were sold.
- Newspapers carried information about trade and wars.
- Scientists like Isaac Newton began to publish their discoveries.
- Thinkers like Thomas Paine gained popularity.
- Literate population started to rise against the tyran
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