Автор: John Man
Название: The Gutenberg Revolution: How Printing Changed the Course of History
Издательство: Transworld Publishers
Год: 2010
ISBN: 9780553819663
Язык: English
Формат: epub
Размер: 5,4 mb
Страниц: 304

In 1450, all Europe's books were handcopied and amounted to only a few thousand. By 1500, they were printed and numbered in their millions. The invention of Johann Gutenberg had caused a revolution: printing by movable type. Born in 1400 in Mainz, Germany, Gutenberg struggled against a background of plague and religious upheaval to bring his remarkable invention to light. His story is full of paradoxes: his ambition was to reunite all Christendom, but his invention shattered it; he aimed to make a fortune, but was cruelly denied the fruits of his life's work. Yet history remembers him as a visionary; his discovery marks the beginning of the modern world.