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Johannes Gutenberg, a man of the Renaissance, developed a printing press and transformed the world of books.

Can one invention really change the world? Before the mid-fifteenth century, books were printed by hand, making them rare and expensive. Reading and learning re

Michael Clanchy's From Memory to Written Record, first published in 1979, has shaped the study of medieval literacy. Apart from continuing to work on 'pragmatic

Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern wor

Upon its invention in the mid-1400s, the printing press instantly became a revolutionary device. It introduced literacy to the masses and led Europe out of the