The Printing Press

== The Printing Press== The Printing press is an invention that allows the mass printing of various documents, rather than writing them out by hand, as it used to be done. The press was invented by Johhanes Gutenburg, who used to be a metal worker. He used his technical expertise to help him in the construction of the machine.

The first book printed on the Gutenburg Press was the Gutenburg Bible. The mass printing of the Bible was done with the intention of spreading the real word of God to the general population - because in the current situation, the church controlled all of their biblical knowledge.

This ultimatley helped limit the church's stranglehold on the population.

The Effects
- The printing press led to greater rates of circulating information and knowledge, and as a reult, is often credited for accelerating the renaissance.

- It also helped lead to the demise of the catholic church as a political power, as knowledge of the bible became more widespread

The Criteria
Did it result in a major detriment to more than 10000 people?

No

Were its effects visible immeadiatley?

Yes. Though the effects would have been seen more gradually than other things, there definitely would have been at least a small impact seen almost immediatley.

Has it led to any other significant effects?

It has indirectly led to most of the modern history events on this list, becuase it enabled the standardisation of technology, through transfering ideas.

Has it led to a significant benefit to more than 10000 people?

Yes. It has enabled people to become more educated, and therefore be able to do two things. Firstly, become skilled workers, rather than unskilled workers, and secondly, live out the proper teachings of their religion, rather than the church's slighlty fabricated one.

Are it's effects still visible today?

Yes, today everything is kept up to date mainly through electronic communications, however, the precurser to this was printed word, which helped to connect different places in order to benefit both of their technology.

Quotes
"The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is." - This quote shows the significance of the press.