Both Theodore Rabb and Elizabeth Eisenstein raise valid arguments. Personally, I think Theodore Rabb’s argument was more persuasive. Standing alone, Eisenstein’s argument appeared very strong but once it was criticized by Rabb pieces of her argument began to fall apart. For instance, Eisenstein claimed that the Scientific Revolution could be directly attributed to the printing press, while I agree this certainly helped, I am not so sure that it was as major of a factor as she claimed.
Eisenstein is clearly very passionate about the advent of the printing press. Due to this, however, she overstates the power and effects it had on people of the time period. She claims it had an impact on people in nearly every profession, “The impact of print
Eisenstein is clearly very passionate about the advent of the printing press. Due to this, however, she overstates the power and effects it had on people of the time period. She claims it had an impact on people in nearly every profession, “The impact of print