Question

Not everyone welcomed the printed books and those who did also had fears about it . Justify the statementby giving three arguments?

Answer 1

1.Easy availability of printed books created the possibility for wide circulation of Ideas.

In Europe, a Latin scholar, Erasmus expressed grave doubts about easily available printed books. He opined that easy availability of printed book was harmful to serious scholarship.

2.It was feared that if there was no control over what was printed and read, religious and radical views might spread.

3. It would lessen the authority of valuable literature and the valuable literature would be destroyed. Rich and valuable works would lose their significance in the presence of ignorant, slanderous , seditious and religious books.