Write short notes to show what you know about:
The Gutenberg Press.
Gutenberg was the son of a merchant and grew up on a large agricultural estate.
(i)Here handle was used to turn the screw and press down the platen over the printing block that was placed on top of a sheet of damp paper.
(ii)Gutenberg developed metal types for each of the 26 characters of the Roman alphabet and devised a way of moving them around so as to compose different words of the text.
(iii)This came to be known as the moveable type printing machine, and it remained the basic print technology over the next 300 years.
(iv)Books could now be produced much faster than was possible when each print block was prepared by carving a piece of wood by hand.
(v)The Gutenberg press could print 250 sheets on one side per hour.
Give reasons for the following:
Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.
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.
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.
