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1 Print and Society

2 Society before printing

3 Lascoux

4 TV?

5 Hieroglyphics

6 Hieroglyphics

7 Hieratic writing

8 All Three forms of Egyptian writing

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10 Egyptian scribe

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13 Library at Alexandria

14 Knowledge was in people’s minds History History Law Law Facts Facts

15 Knowledge was oral Courts held hearings Courts held hearings Literally – judges listened to testimony Literally – judges listened to testimony

16 Old people were vitally important They could testify from their own memory, the only reliable records there were They could testify from their own memory, the only reliable records there were They relied on reminders since there was no real calendar and they lived by seasons, not dates They relied on reminders since there was no real calendar and they lived by seasons, not dates

17 A trial

18 Memories were prodigious When you can’t read or write, you have to remember When you can’t read or write, you have to remember Poetry is easier to remember than prose due to rhyme and rhythm Poetry is easier to remember than prose due to rhyme and rhythm

19 London Bridge - 1633

20 Jack Horner’s “Plum”

21 Troubadours

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24 The Venerable Bede

25 Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum

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29 The sermons composed by St. Bonaventure of Fidenza? The sermons composed by St. Bonaventure of Fidenza? The sermons composed by some other person named Bonaventure? The sermons composed by some other person named Bonaventure? Sermons copied by a Bonaventure? Sermons copied by a Bonaventure? Sermons copied by somebody from a church of St. Bonaventure? Sermons copied by somebody from a church of St. Bonaventure? Sermons preached by a Bonaventure? Sermons preached by a Bonaventure? Sermons that belonged to a Bonaventure? Sermons that belonged to a Bonaventure? Sermons that belonged to a church of St. Bonaventure? Sermons that belonged to a church of St. Bonaventure? Sermons by various people of whom the first or most important was somebody named Bonaventure? Sermons by various people of whom the first or most important was somebody named Bonaventure?

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32 The arrival of printing

33 Indulgences

34 Martin Luther

35 Martin Luther’s Theses

36 Thus was born the Protestant Reformation

37 Naturally, the Catholic Church fought back Started the first propaganda war

38 Religious broadsides

39 Luther’s German Bible - 1520

40 For the Catholic Church printing was considered the enemy Excommunication for writing or reading banned books Excommunication for writing or reading banned books Papal Forbidden Books list Papal Forbidden Books list

41 Inquisition

42 Book burning

43 People burning

44 Revere’s Boston Massacre

45 Paine’s Common Sense

46 Declaration of Independence

47 Print’s greatest effect on Society Knowledge

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49 Dispersion of Information

50 Aldus Manutius 1450- 1515

51 Aldus’ italic font

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54 Aristotle 384 BCE – 322 BCE

55 Giovanni Benedetti Performed the ball drop experiment Performed the ball drop experiment

56 Galileo Galilei: 1564 - 1642

57 Galileo’s Jupiter notes

58 Siderius Nuncius

59 Siderius page

60 Vitruvius’ De Architectura c. 40 BCE

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62 Inigo Jones (1573-1652)

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65 Fire engine

66 Justinian (483-565) and his Corpus Juris Civilis

67 Poor Richard’s Almanack

68 Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette

69 The American Magazine - 1758

70 The Index

71 Arno Penzias / Robert Wilson

72 Aracebo Radio Telescope

73 William Caxton – First printer in English - 1476

74 Ramses at Kadesh

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76 John Adams / Thomas Jefferson

77 John Quincy Adams / Andrew Jackson

78 The Sun – 1 st penny newspaper

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