Question

explain the impact of print revolution in 15th and 16th century

Answer 1

Five impacts of the Print Culture were as follows:
• Increase in literacy levels. The literacy levels went exceedingly high with print culture. Education, which was once a monopoly of the elite, was now accessible to the common masses.
• It created the prospect of wide circulation of ideas and made debates and discussions easy. It was easy to now print and consult ideas.
• Influenced popular perceptions and opened up new perspectives. It is in this context that many tout the French Revolution was a consequence of the print culture.
• Ideas of scientists and philosophers were now accessible to common people.
• People were now much better informed of the world around them with several newspapers and journals published.