Before the 1440s, reproducing a book would take, depending on its size, from several months to several years. After the 1440s, in Europe, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press which turns out to be the one of the most important inventions in the history. The most important consequences of the printing press were the increasing efficiency in copying pieces of writings, the increment of literacy and the religious reform.
The increasing efficiency in copying pieces of writings is one of the most important consequences of the printing press because it made the process of books production faster, cheaper and accessible. The printing press’ efficiency made the time required for the reproduction of a book much shorter. Comparing two woodcuts …show more content…
Humans got better notion of the different continents and countries around the world and were able. Comparing three maps, Henricus Martellus’ World Map from 1489, Martin Waldseemuller’s Map from 1507 and Abraham Ortelius’ World Map from 1570, it can been seen that the Ortelius’s map, which is created after the printing press, is the most detailed (DOC 5). The reproduction of books enabled many of the people to learn about the world history before the Renaissance (e.g. Ancient period or Middle Ages). The increment of literacy gave the opportunity to increase people’s knowledge about the geological properties of the Earth and the traditions and ideal of their predecessors. In addition to that, the increment in literacy lead to development of science. In Newton’s bookshelf are lying some of the scientific researches of Galileo, Johannes Kepler, Robert Hooke, Rene Descartes, Aristotle and Euclid from which he derived experience and information for his investigation (DOC 6). Another great advancement for science and especially astronomy is the concept that the Earth revolves around the sun which Nicolaus Copernicus created. The printing press provides accessibility to the people to others works so that they can get information which enables them to create different hypothesis and try to …show more content…
The corruption and lowering significance of the church made people call for a religious reform. On a woodcut from a Lutheran booklet are compared two situations. In the first one, Jesus drives away the beggars but in the second, the Pope collects indulgences (DOC 3). The Christian humanists, like Erasmus, called for a religious reform because the saw that the church had lost its function. From the Lutheran Booklet and the call for reform from the Christian humanists that the church has become corrupted and insignificant. Also, there is a serious decline in the influence of the Catholic church. In two maps created from various resources, is demonstrated how for 60 years the protestantism has developed and the Catholic church had lost its influence. (DOC 4) Martin Luther with his 95 theses questions the Catholicism's tenets, argues that the church lost its true identity and claims that the personal connection with God is more significant. From the two maps and Luther’s works, it can be inferred that the Catholic church suffered a vast decline for the first half of the 16th century and Protestantism was getting more popular in Europe. The beginning of a religious reform reveals the marks of corruption and how vicious the Catholic Church became which leads to developing of
The increasing efficiency in copying pieces of writings is one of the most important consequences of the printing press because it made the process of books production faster, cheaper and accessible. The printing press’ efficiency made the time required for the reproduction of a book much shorter. Comparing two woodcuts …show more content…
Humans got better notion of the different continents and countries around the world and were able. Comparing three maps, Henricus Martellus’ World Map from 1489, Martin Waldseemuller’s Map from 1507 and Abraham Ortelius’ World Map from 1570, it can been seen that the Ortelius’s map, which is created after the printing press, is the most detailed (DOC 5). The reproduction of books enabled many of the people to learn about the world history before the Renaissance (e.g. Ancient period or Middle Ages). The increment of literacy gave the opportunity to increase people’s knowledge about the geological properties of the Earth and the traditions and ideal of their predecessors. In addition to that, the increment in literacy lead to development of science. In Newton’s bookshelf are lying some of the scientific researches of Galileo, Johannes Kepler, Robert Hooke, Rene Descartes, Aristotle and Euclid from which he derived experience and information for his investigation (DOC 6). Another great advancement for science and especially astronomy is the concept that the Earth revolves around the sun which Nicolaus Copernicus created. The printing press provides accessibility to the people to others works so that they can get information which enables them to create different hypothesis and try to …show more content…
The corruption and lowering significance of the church made people call for a religious reform. On a woodcut from a Lutheran booklet are compared two situations. In the first one, Jesus drives away the beggars but in the second, the Pope collects indulgences (DOC 3). The Christian humanists, like Erasmus, called for a religious reform because the saw that the church had lost its function. From the Lutheran Booklet and the call for reform from the Christian humanists that the church has become corrupted and insignificant. Also, there is a serious decline in the influence of the Catholic church. In two maps created from various resources, is demonstrated how for 60 years the protestantism has developed and the Catholic church had lost its influence. (DOC 4) Martin Luther with his 95 theses questions the Catholicism's tenets, argues that the church lost its true identity and claims that the personal connection with God is more significant. From the two maps and Luther’s works, it can be inferred that the Catholic church suffered a vast decline for the first half of the 16th century and Protestantism was getting more popular in Europe. The beginning of a religious reform reveals the marks of corruption and how vicious the Catholic Church became which leads to developing of