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The Importance of the Invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press in the 15th Century Europe
The invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg in the 1440s is one of the major shapers of world history. Gutenberg’s invention hugely increased the speed and breadth of sharing literature, information and ideas, leading to a rise in the spread of knowledge, literacy and science. This, in turn, had widespread socio-economic and political effects, initially in Europe and later in the rest world. The invention and spread of print technology, therefore, set the stage for great societal and cultural transformations. The aim of this paper is to examine the importance of the invention of the printing press in the 15th century Europe and beyond. More specifically, the socio-economic and political effects of this monumental invention will be investigated in depth. The study will adopt a largely qualitative approach. Secondary sources will be leveraged for the purpose of this research. More precisely, academic journal articles, books and credible internet sources will be used. Some of the sources to be reviewed for this study are highlighted here below:
Dittmar, J. E. 2011. "Information Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of the Printing Press". The Quarterly Journal of Economics 126 (3): 1133-1172. doi:10.1093/qje/qjr035.
Eisenstein, Elizabeth L. The printing press as an agent of change. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
Ennis, Mary Louise. 2002. "The Mighty Engine: The Printing Press &Amp; Its Impact (Review)". Libraries &Amp; The Cultural Record 37 (3): 276-277. doi:10.1353/lac.2002.0051.
Hanson, Ralph E. 2008. Mass Communication. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
McLuhan, Marshall, W. Terrence Gordon, Elena Lamberti, and Dominique Scheffel-Dunand. The Gutenberg galaxy: The making of typographic man. University of Toronto Press, 2011.
Mosher, Frederic J., and Phyllis Margaret Handover. 1961. "Printing In London from 1476 to Modern Times. Competitive Practice and Technical Invention in the Trade of Book and Bible Printing, Periodical Production, Jobbing, & C.". Renaissance News 14 (2): 125. doi: 10.2307/2857554.
