Question

Write any five suitable points on how print brought about a change in European life.

Answer 1

Print revolution was not onky a way of producing books, but It transformed the entire life of people.
● It spread information and knowledge far and wide. It influenced popular perceptions and opened up new way of looking at things.
●printing reduced the cost , time and labour required in producing books.
●Print led to Religious debates.
Print culture left its indelible mark on the working of the church and people began to believe that "print" brought Protestant Reformation and the French Revolution.
● In England and France, publishers published cheap books so that even poor could buy them.
●literacy rate were high as 60 to 80 per cent by the end of 18th century.
People wanted to read books and publishers published books in large numbers.