Printing press

though the thorn was used for a much longer period than most of the other extinct letters, it became counterproductive through the use of Gothic style printing and the French printing press. Using the thorn when writing in a gothic font just made the letter look like a y, which led to phrases like “ye old printing press.” In addition, French printing presses didn’t even have a…

“Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World” is about the Mongol army led by Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan was born with the name Temujin. He grew up in a world of tribal violence, murder, kidnapping and enslavement. His family left him to die on the steppes because he was like an outcast of the family. Khan never received any formal education. From the harsh setting he was in he learned the range of human emotion which is desire, ambition and cruelty. That molded him into the greatest ruler…

The Protestant Reformation was a great religious movement that encouraged a reform in the authority and bylaws of the Catholic church, and led to both changes and breaks away from the Church’s authority. Beginning in the early 16th century, the Reformation officially began when Martin Luther challenged the Roman Catholic church. Luther initially challenged the Church by posting his 95 theses to the Church door, a list of disputes towards clerical abuses, nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and…

With the ability to print on cheaper material more and more books were able to reach even poor people during these times. Books were no long a unimaginable luxury to people. Martin Luther's 95 Theses made it to the printing press and was distributed all throughout Germany. People agreed with his ideas and grew discontented with the pope and Church. After going to the Diet of Worms Martin Luther fled for a year where he translated the New Testament of the bible into German…

their time. They used techniques like writing in the vernacular, or their native language. Renaissance writers wrote for self expression or to portray the individuality of their subjects. During the renaissance, Johann Gutenberg developed the printing press which could produce books quickly and cheaply. This caused ideas and religion to spread rapidly. Overall art and literature became much more advanced and creative over time from the…

The Feudal System has been in existence since mankind was born although kingdoms in the middle ages were most known for it. It is a social and political structure for a governed body of people. A feudal system consisted of four classes of people. The peasants were the lowest on the totem pole. Often peasants consisted of slaves and poor people that worked in the fields for a place to stay and food to eat. The lords governed the peasants and the peasants gave them labor as a service. Knights…

Scholars today have long debated about whether or not there was a Scientific Revolution during the 15th and 17th century. Political revolutions are easy to identify, due to actual events that occurred, which often identify as life altering events, such as change of regimes. However, social, cultural and intellectual revolutions on the other hand are more difficult to identify. They are often slower, and less momentous, but their impact on society are far greater than any political uprising. One…

from that publication of the newspaper. The principal’s deletion of these articles did violate the students’ rights under the 1st Amendment. According to the 1st Amendment, “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” This means that the people of the United States have the right to say whatever they want in what they print. This right extends within school, and since students have the same rights as every other citizen, their right in this situation is…

An article, from the book “They, Say I Say,” titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” written by Nicholas Carr, elaborates how the internet is changing the way humans think. Without research or evidence, Carr uses a play on emotion to draw in his readers. While using a collection of historical anecdotes, Carr argues that the internet has exploited the plasticity of the human brain. The brain holds billions of connections, formed by the neurons, which constantly change. Carr states “The human…

(Nammari, 2001). When the mobs came after him, angry that he was writing about how wrong slavery was in a slave state, a man was killed causing those who led the mob to be put on trial. “The judge blamed Elijah Lovejoy for stirring up the mob by printing anti-slavery views in the Observer.” (Nammari, 2001). This shows just how much a person can be bias to their ways. A man died and all the judge could see was a man who incited a mob by saying how it was unethical to own a slave in a state where…