SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Johann Georg Faust, Middle Ages, The Gutenberg Galaxy
23 Sep 2020
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The history of the book and the coming of print to europe; the invention of typography and its social impact; print culture and cultural revolutions. Analysis of the phenomenon stemming from the rise of the moving type printing press is a product of book history as a discipline. Proposal that printing revolution" was all-encompassing (intellectual, social, scientific, economic, religious, cultural) has been challenged. Coexisting and complementary relationship of manuscript and print book during incunable period. Ms production and use in europe in the second half of the 15th century. Manuscript production peaked in late 1460s (coinciding with appearance of typographic printing, entered into decline after the 1470s. Increased demand for books - increased literacy in urban centres (13th c. new lay schools next to religious ones, taught in vernacular, trainde marchants), universities established, participants were middle class. Religious groups/people were als purchasers, emphasizing uni education for members, placed great importance on book collections.
