Beginning of Print

By Michael Flax

Invention of Paper

_________ The ___________ had developed

_______________, –a ___________________________

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8th Century

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12th and 13th Centuries

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Basically the same techniques as used by the Chinese

The Chinese

Chinese innovations in ____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Unfortunately, that is where their reign of printing innovation came to a halt

Europe

Some historians will assert that the sequential, linear and standardized character of the printed word especially suited Western impulses toward progress and conquest

– a disposition that favors quick and intense change.

Early 1450s

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Johannes Gutenberg

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Gutenberg

Before the 12th Century, _________ __________________________________________________________

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Gutenberg

The need for documentation continued to increase with ________________________ ___________________________________.

Scribal monks sanctioned by the Church had overseen the ________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Gutenberg

The many new ___________________ ______________________________________________________________

They could not keep up with the commercial demand for books.

Gutenberg

Gutenberg _____________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________.

He ____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________.

Gutenberg He also saw strong market potential

in selling _______________– ________________________________________

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In fact, ___________________________ ____________________________________________________________________.

Gutenberg

Gutenberg developed his press by combining features of existing technologies: ___________________ _______________________________.

Perhaps his most significant innovation, however, _____________ ______________________________________________________________.

Gutenberg __________________________________

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Gutenberg __________________________________

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– This emphasized the visual impact of words and clusters of words rather than evenly spaced letters.

– This principle lent an aesthetic elegance and sophistication to what seemed to many to be the magically perfect regularity of a printed page.

Gutenberg Bible

First to be printed

– ______________________

– ____________________________________________

Print & Church

The clergy were eager to take advantage of the power of print.

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But the Church had even more _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Print & Church

The production and distribution of an expanding variety of texts ______________ ___________________________________.

Printed copies of _________________, for example, were widely and rapidly disseminated.

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Print & Church

Bibles printed in other languages rather than Latin fueled the __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

William Caxton

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He had been a prolific translator and found the printing press to be a marvelous way to amplify his mission ______________________________

William Caxton Caxton printed and distributed a

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William Caxton

Caxton was an enthusiastic editor and ______________________________________________________________.

He realized that English ___________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

William Caxton

Caxton's contributions as an editor and printer won him a good portion of the credit for ______________________________________________________________.

Work Cited

http://karmak.org/archive/2002/08/history_of_print.html#china

http://www.thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/wp-content/themes/liberty/build/parchment.jpg

http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/bigtenimages/gutenbergpress.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/315ZYFNF4HL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2005/05/050512100409.jpg

http://www.clausenbooks.com/gutenbergcensus.htm