Printing Press Assignment
Printing presses have increased drastically by 1,260% from 1471 to 1500 due to a drop in the price of printing press and an increasing interest in spreading more ideas through books and other documents. Printing press has influenced both the Reformation and the Age of Exploration in different ways. It helped influence the Reformation by how Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a church wall in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517. His ideas were spread throughout the empire thanks to the printing press. With this new spread of his ideas, more people came together and believed him, and Luther was credited with starting the Protestant Reformation and creating his own religion, Lutheranism. Printing press has also …show more content…
Columbus’s 15-page letter to the King of Spain written in 1493 on his return voyage from the Americas states that, “[Columbus] has found many islands inhabited by men without number.” If this letter was not distributed through printing press, then the idea that Columbus has found these islands would take much longer to spread than if he had not distributed this letter. In comparison to Martellus’ map made in 1489 to the Waldseemuller’s map in 1507, Martellus’ was very inaccurate and did not include the entire coast of Africa and other continents correctly. Since printing press during the time Martellus’ map was not as popular, the map was more inaccurate. As time went on, and the popularity of printing press increased during the 1500’s, mapmakers began to create more accurate maps due to the printing press of new discoveries. In Waldseemuller’s map created in 1507 when printing press was more popular, it included the entire African coast and a more accurate representation of the world. This is because, with an increased use of printing press during this time, more explorers and navigators are able to share their new discoveries about the world and influence the creation of more accurate …show more content…
Martin Luther – a German Catholic priest – had his ideas, or the 95 Theses, spread more quickly and thoroughly throughout Europe with printing press. Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a church wall on October 31, 1517 in Wittenberg, Germany and criticized the indulgences the church was selling. Thanks to the printing press, his 95 Theses were known throughout Germany in two weeks and throughout Europe within a month. John Man, the author of Gutenberg: How One Man Remade the World with Words, states that “according to one estimate, a third of all books printed in Germany between 1518 and 1525 were by [Martin Luther]...Germany at the time was turning out about a million books a year, of which a third – 300,000 – were by [him].” This shows that Martin Luther has effectively used printing press to spread his ideas throughout Europe. Without the printing press, his idea that indulgences should be banned would not have spread and since Luther is credited with started the Protestant Reformation, Reformation would not have happened. Although this was the case, without the help of the Printing Press, the Age of Exploration may not have happened as drastically as it did and it would have taken us a lot more time and difficulties to discover more parts of the world and create more accurate
Printing presses have increased drastically by 1,260% from 1471 to 1500 due to a drop in the price of printing press and an increasing interest in spreading more ideas through books and other documents. Printing press has influenced both the Reformation and the Age of Exploration in different ways. It helped influence the Reformation by how Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a church wall in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517. His ideas were spread throughout the empire thanks to the printing press. With this new spread of his ideas, more people came together and believed him, and Luther was credited with starting the Protestant Reformation and creating his own religion, Lutheranism. Printing press has also …show more content…
Columbus’s 15-page letter to the King of Spain written in 1493 on his return voyage from the Americas states that, “[Columbus] has found many islands inhabited by men without number.” If this letter was not distributed through printing press, then the idea that Columbus has found these islands would take much longer to spread than if he had not distributed this letter. In comparison to Martellus’ map made in 1489 to the Waldseemuller’s map in 1507, Martellus’ was very inaccurate and did not include the entire coast of Africa and other continents correctly. Since printing press during the time Martellus’ map was not as popular, the map was more inaccurate. As time went on, and the popularity of printing press increased during the 1500’s, mapmakers began to create more accurate maps due to the printing press of new discoveries. In Waldseemuller’s map created in 1507 when printing press was more popular, it included the entire African coast and a more accurate representation of the world. This is because, with an increased use of printing press during this time, more explorers and navigators are able to share their new discoveries about the world and influence the creation of more accurate …show more content…
Martin Luther – a German Catholic priest – had his ideas, or the 95 Theses, spread more quickly and thoroughly throughout Europe with printing press. Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on a church wall on October 31, 1517 in Wittenberg, Germany and criticized the indulgences the church was selling. Thanks to the printing press, his 95 Theses were known throughout Germany in two weeks and throughout Europe within a month. John Man, the author of Gutenberg: How One Man Remade the World with Words, states that “according to one estimate, a third of all books printed in Germany between 1518 and 1525 were by [Martin Luther]...Germany at the time was turning out about a million books a year, of which a third – 300,000 – were by [him].” This shows that Martin Luther has effectively used printing press to spread his ideas throughout Europe. Without the printing press, his idea that indulgences should be banned would not have spread and since Luther is credited with started the Protestant Reformation, Reformation would not have happened. Although this was the case, without the help of the Printing Press, the Age of Exploration may not have happened as drastically as it did and it would have taken us a lot more time and difficulties to discover more parts of the world and create more accurate