Give reasons for the following:
Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.
Reason of Martin Luther:
In 1517, the religious reformer Martin Luther wrote Ninety Five Theses criticising many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church. A printed copy of this was posted on a church door in Wittenberg. It challenged the Church to debate his ideas. Luther’s writings were immediately reproduced in vast numbers and read widely. This lead to a division within the Church and to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Luther’s translation of the New Testament sold 5,000 copies within a few weeks and a second edition appeared within three months. Deeply grateful to print, Luther said, ‘Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.’
Give reasons for the following:
Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.
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.
The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an index of prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.
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The Gutenberg Press.
