Did the Puritan Religion Spread Becuase of Gutenburg's Printing Press?

Puritanism is originally the Calvinist ideas spread through the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. It is more of a state of mind rather than a religion. Theirs was a desire of a return to the primitive purity of the gospel. Gutenberg's printing press, sure influences The Reformation of the 16th century and puritanism ensues the Reformation. Search the Reformation of the 16th century, Luther, Calvin and John Knox and the Presbyterian Church.

1. how did the gutenberg's printing press change europe?

Very religious

2. Why was the invention of the printing press so important?

None of your answers is correct, by a process of elimination - B is close in a very simplistic way - but books were still too expensive for even the middle classes to buy for many years. A&D are obviously wrong printing pre-dated both. C "Leaders" had access to scribes, hand-written notices could be posted (although how they could be read is another matter, if you believe that the common people could not read).

3. Could someone tell me about the history about the printing press?

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4. Did the invention of the printing press change Christianity?

The printing press produced a multiplier effect, amplifying new voices and ideas. Equally important were those new ideas themselves. In 1453, Constantinople was captured by the armies of Islam. Christian scholars fled the destruction and headed for Universities in northern and western Europe. They brought with them Greek and Hebrew manuscripts and other works from older traditions than the Vulgate, as well as knowledge of Hebrew, Greek, and middle eastern customs and history much better than was already found in Europe. It was using these sources that Erasmus and others created thair new Bible translations. It is as though the Eastern Orthodox Church took over the teaching of the new clergy and theologians of the Roman Catholic Church at the same time as Protestant voices were beginning to get louder. Too many new voices for the old order to drown them out, and many of them backed by competent scholarship

5. What was the first book printed on the printing press?

bible?

6. What was the significance of the Printing Press during the Renaissance/ Reformation?

The printing press was the most important discovery since fire. Before Gutenberg, books were carefully copied by scribes (usually by monks). It was a slow painstaking process taking years for each book. In two years, Gutenberg with 50 men, printed 300 copies of the bible. Most of Gutenberg's men were not printing, they were illustrating the bibles to look priceless. The cost of books dropped to 5%. Within two generations, every book in Europe had been printed by the thousands. They even had the start of the paperback. With all these books, came a flood of information. More people read the bible than in the previous 1000 years. And that was a key point of the Reformation. The Renaissance Popes were the most corrupt and worldly popes in history. A few may never even read the bible. With the printing press, Luther's 95 complaints, were reprinted all over Europe in a month. And Luther knew how to write. No one reads Pope Leo's writing, but many still read Luther.

7. What impact did the printing press, invented by Johanna Gutenberg in 1444, have on the 1800's?

The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenburg, a German inventor. The printing press was invented around 1450 A.D. In the early 1450's the end of the middle ages was causing massive and rapid cultural changes in Europe. These changes fueled a growing need for the fast and inexpensive production of large quantaties of written documents. Gutenburg borrowed money from local businesses and banks to work on developing a technology that could address this serious economic demand. Until the 19th century Gutenberg's printing technology remained largely unchanged. However, in the early 1800's the development of continuos rolls of paper, steam-powered presses meant that the invention kept up with the times as being an effective way to mass produce many documents. Also the material for printing was changed to use iron instead of wood. All of these changes added to the efficiency of the printing press. gatita Degree in History (focus Jewish studies) and Spanish, New Mexico State U. 1990