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Technological Advances During the Renaissance
1. Shipbuilding
• The use of oars for propulsion began to give way to the exclusive employment of sails.
• New ships, called caravels, were more maneuverable and could carry heavy cannon and more goods.
2. Weapons Industry
• The English longbow, the pike employed by massed infantry, and the introduction of gunpowder finally forced the armored knight from the field.
3. Printing Press
• A machine that presses paper against a tray full of movable type. Invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1450.
Impact of Printing Press on Society
• Johann Gutenberg printed a complete Bible in 1455.
• Printers could produce hundreds of copies, all exactly alike.
Impact of Printing Press on Society
• By 1500, there were over a thousand printers in Europe.
• Almost 40,000 titles had been published.
• Most were religious books.
• Other works included Latin and Greek classics, legal and philosophical works, and romances.
Impact of Printing Press on Society
• The printing of books encouraged scholarly research and increased the public’s desire to gain knowledge.
• The printing press was vital to the spread of new religious ideas during the Reformation in the 16th century.
Assignment:
• Select a partner.
• Both copy the follow Bible verses by hand.
• Record how long it takes each of you to copy the page.
GenesisChapter 1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Assignment
• This is just one-sixth of the first page of the Bible.
• Record how long it would have taken you to complete the page.
• There are 1108 pages in the Bible.
• Record how long it would have taken you to complete the entire Bible.
• Record how long it would have taken to reproduce a set for the entire class.
The Invention of the Printing Press
• How did the invention of the printing press make bookmaking dramatically faster?
• Why did learning and new ideas spread quickly?
• Why did more people learn how to read?