1 gen 1440 anni - Gutenberg's printing press
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Invention of movable metal type printing, developed in Germany | instead of person-person spread copied by hand, allowed for hundreds or thousands of copies to be made + distributed quickly --> spread of idaes
Spread aided by ready availability of paper; this was spread from china through muslim spain to europe, unlike printing press which was local
EFFECT: spread of ideas, common discussion point / common identity across larger region; Paranoid govt/church used it to their benefit and banned books that scared them
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