HTST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Johannes Gutenberg, Adrian Johns, John Calvin

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: History
• Course: HTST 201
• Professor: Warren Elofson

Document Summary

The reformation: print and european christianity, (part i) Renaissance, roughly late 1300s-1600 secular (non-religious) interests classical (greek and roman) texts humanism universities states: examines what was printed. [modernity: rejection of tradition; individualism, freedom, equality; faith in. Adrian johns, (cid:498)the coming of print to europe(cid:499) -qualifies the idea of the printing press as (cid:498)revolutionary. (cid:499) -rejects press as propelling europe toward (cid:498)modernity. (cid:499) (cid:498)progress(cid:499); human perfectibility; rationalization and professionalization; nation: considers printing in (cid:498)early-modern(cid:499) context, considers processes of work related to printing, reciprocal relationships of print and print shop. Gutenberg"s printing press craft skill drawing on known examples experimentation investment/marketing. The measure of print: how much faster was it, the spread of printing https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/global_spread_of_the_printing_press#/media/ Comparing the rise of printing in china and europe. The reformation: european christianity, the long view, reform pleas. 95 theses, also called disputation on the power of indulgences (1517)