What are the changes in 16th century about the printing press
Answers
Answer:
The invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg led a change in the ideas and cultures in society.
Print helped people in getting access to theoretical papers by philosophers which helped them in developing new ideas around them.
Print assisted in passing knowledge to an individual to another.
William Caxton was an English printer who first introduced the printing press in England in 1476.
The printing press was set up in many European countries, which led to the production of books in enormous number.
Print helped people in getting introduced to the bible and theoretical papers in different languages, which help people to form new ideas around them.
(i) By 1448, Gutenberg perfected the system of printing press. The first book printed by Gutenberg was Bible. About 180 copies were printed and it took three years to produce them.
(ii) In the hundred years between 1450 and 1550, printing presses were set up in most of the countries of Europe.
(iii) Printers from Germany travelled to other countries, seeking work and helping start new presses. As the number of printing presses grew, book production boomed.
(iv) The second half of the 15th century saw 20 million copies of printed books flooding in the European market. The number went up in the 16th century to about 200 million copies.