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1439: Johannes Gutenberg (c.1400-1468) of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire, engraver, inventor, and printer, invented the moveable type printing press. In Renaissance Europe, the arrival of mechanical movable type printing introduced the era of mass communication which permanently altered the structure of society.

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1439: Johannes Gutenberg (c.1400-1468) of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire, engraver, inventor, and printer, invented the moveable type printing press. In Renaissance Europe, the arrival of mechanical movable type printing introduced the era of mass communication which permanently altered the structure of society.

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Over at the Stanford Social Innovation Review, my friend and Institute for the Future colleague Marina Gorbis looks back at Johannes Gutenberg's 15th century invention of the printing press and…

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1440 brought the invention of "The Printing Press" by Johannes Gutenberg. The printing press revolutionised the world of visual communication by giving humans the ability to reproduce text and graphics much faster and easier - instead of having to manually reproduce things

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Johannes Gutenberg ist der größte Sohn der Landeshauptstadt Mainz. Mit der Erfindung des Buchdrucks mit beweglichen Lettern setzte er das Fundament der modernen Medienkommunikation.

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A good cook can take leftovers and turn them into a delicious meal. Like a good cook, Johann Gutenberg took what had already been discovered and created a small invention that changed history. Gutenberg created a machine that allowed him to move small blocks of letters so that written material could be printed and mass-produced.

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The invention that allowed the Renaissance to bloom was the printing press. It allowed this because it was the first time that common people could create and spread their ideas in a format that could reach many more people than if the ideas were spread by word of mouth. This allowed individuals to become more influential in society and move up in social ranks. (MolG)

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The editor in WordPress will soon change completely. The Gutenberg Update, which is the name of this change, is taking longer than expected, but is currently planned for sometime this year. This is the biggest change at WordPress in years. It’s important that you know about it if you create posts even occasionally, since the […]

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Finally out of the dark ages and into the light again. The Renaissance (14th to 17th centuries). The Renaissance worked its way from Italy to northern Europe, Spain, and to the southern France in record time but what was the Renaissance anyway? First thing first, the word Renaissance is the French word for rebirth. It is thought that the Renaissance was an attempt at recreation of classical models of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. Mr. Gray History In the beginning of the Renaissance, Italy…

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