Give reasons for the following:
Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.
In 1295, Marco Polo, a great explorer, returned to Italy after many years of exploration in China. As China already had the technology of woodblock printing. Marco Polo brought this knowledge back with him. Now Italians began producing books with woodblocks, and soon the technology spread to other parts of Europe.
Give reasons for the following:
Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.
Write short notes to show what you know about:
The Gutenberg Press.
Give reasons for the following:
Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.
The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an index of prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.
