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THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTING & NEW LITERACY

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTING & NEW LITERACY
  1. Printing was a important contributer to the religious changes
    1. Ideas/words would of not spread so rapidly + more accessible to 'ordinary' people
      1. Towns would become book fairs where you could exchange copies or it became production centres (Venice, Paris)
      2. Before 1450 - Woodcuts would be produced & books were copied by hand
        1. Centuries of copying books by hand was inaccurate & added errors
          1. Identical texts now available
          2. Cheap paper was produced (made from rags) whilst before there was paper was called parchment (made from sheepskin)
            1. Church wanted Latin Bibles, copies of the service books
              1. Demand for humanist books (Italy)
                1. Grammars/dictionaries/mathematics/medicine books in demand
                  1. IMPACT OF PRINTING
                    1. Printing had increased the public's knowledge
                      1. Books played a huge part in shaping new religious opinion
                        1. Could glorify church OR undermine it
                      2. Anyone who had money or access to the library could obtain a text
                        1. Erasmus' work was very popular
                          1. 3000 copies of his New Testament sold
                            1. Handbook of a Christen Soldier (1503) was the most read & translated works of the 16th century
                            2. Luther's work - 300,000 copies were printed between 1517-1520
                              1. Translation of the Bible into German sold 200,000 copies in 12years
                              2. Even though lots of copies were sold - we do not know if the people read it
                                1. Books were read out - perhaps the boring bits which may have been the important bits were missed out?
                                2. 4-5% of the population of Germany were literate - preaching/word of mouth more important?
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