When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a church door, he demonstrated the power of the printed word in transmitting ideas and allowing for those ideas to become widely known. The clear printed lettering of the printed press was much easier to read than handwriting, and so was more available to a larger amount of people. Those who took Luther’s ideas wanted them to be widespread and so there was another incentive to have multiple copies printed without the fear of having hand copied prints altered or inexact.
One modern example of patronage would be in the American government hiring hackers to find flaws in their security and helping to hunt down rouge hackers who seek to undermine the government’s security. This example compares to the
One modern example of patronage would be in the American government hiring hackers to find flaws in their security and helping to hunt down rouge hackers who seek to undermine the government’s security. This example compares to the