Beginning of
Print
By Michael Flax
Invention of Paper
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The ___________ had developed
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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
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Chinese innovations in ____________
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Unfortunately, that is where their reign
of printing innovation came to a halt
Europe
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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
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Before the 12th Century, _________
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Gutenberg
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The need for documentation continued to
increase with ________________________
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Scribal monks sanctioned by the Church had
overseen the ________________________
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Gutenberg
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The many new ___________________
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They could not keep up with the
commercial demand for books.
Gutenberg
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Gutenberg _____________________
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He ____________________________
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Gutenberg
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He also saw strong market potential in
selling _______________
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In fact, ___________________________
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Gutenberg
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Gutenberg developed his press by
combining features of existing
technologies: ___________________
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Perhaps his most significant
innovation, however, _____________
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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
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First to be printed
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Print & Church
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The clergy were eager to take
advantage of the power of print.
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But the Church had even more
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Print & Church
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The production and distribution of an
expanding variety of texts ______________
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Printed copies of _________________, for
example, were widely and rapidly
disseminated.
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Print & Church
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Bibles printed in other languages
rather than Latin fueled the
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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
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William Caxton
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Caxton printed and distributed a
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William Caxton
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Caxton was an enthusiastic editor and
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He realized that English ___________
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William Caxton
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Caxton's contributions as an editor and
printer won him a good portion of the
credit for
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Work Cited
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