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1 The Printing Press Madnick/Global History

2 The Basics Geographic Location: Western Europe Time period: 1450 Printing Press--a machine for printing books Invented by Johannes Gutenberg Germany, 1450

3 The Basics Geographic Location: Time Period:

4 Did books exist before 1450? In the Middle Ages- handwritten by monks and other clergy took a long time; very expensive pages made of parchment or vellum sheep skincalf skin Gothic Script-handwritten font ; hard to read OF COURSE !

5 Did books exist before 1450? In the Middle Ages-

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10 Did books exist before 1450? In China--first book printed in 868 They had: Paper Ink Block printing-words carved on to wooden blocks Moveable type- individual letters on baked clay blocks

11 Did books exist before 1450? In China--first book printed was in 868

12 The Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg was no genius!! he knew printing technologies already existed he combined, or synthesized, these technologies & added his own ideas Result: printing press!

13 The Printing Press Johannes Gutenberg was no genius!!

14 The Printing Press Paper from China -replaced parchment and vellum Metal Moveable Type Wine press screw -pressed paper against moveable type Scientists writing about discoveries Higher Literacy- Europeans wanted to read! Carolingian script –new font that was easier to read

15 The Printing Press

16 Carolingian ScriptGothic Script

17 http:// Moveable Type

18 Wine Press Screw

19 Moveable type Paper Wine Press Screw Carolingian Script

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22 The Printing Press first book ever printed on a printing press using moveable metal type: The Gutenberg Bible c.1450

23 The Printing Press

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25 Effect of Gutenberg’s Printing Press Books were cheaper to make Books were smaller, easier to carry Common people could afford them Literacy increased in Europe New ideas (science) spread quickly Spelling, grammar, punctuation got organized All books were organized the same way: Title, table of contents, page numbers, index

26 Effect of Gutenberg’s Printing Press

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