[PDF] Looking Back From The Invention Of Printing eBook

Author : M. T. Clanchy
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,33 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Criticism, interpretation, etc
ISBN : 9782503580838

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Michael Clanchy's From Memory to Written Record, first published in 1979, has shaped the study of medieval literacy. Apart from continuing to work on 'pragmatic literacy', he has also turned his attention to other forms of making, keeping, and using written texts. This book collates six articles since published, showing new directions in the field of medieval literacy and communication. The first two chapters--'Looking Back from the Invention of Printing' and 'Parchment and Paper: Manuscript Culture, 1100-1500 AD'--provide an overview of further work on medieval manuscript culture. The next four--'Images of Ladies with Prayer Books: What Do They Signify?'; 'An Icon of Literacy: The Depiction at Tuse of Jesus Going to School'; 'The ABC Primer: Was it in Latin or English?'; 'Did Mothers Teach Their Children to Read?'--highlight a new interest in gender that has reviewed earlier ideas on literacy. Featuring 49 colour illustrations, the book also includes an Introduction, Bibliography, and Index.

Author : Douglas C. McMurtrie
Publisher : Horney Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1447445988

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Avery Elizabeth Hurt
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1502641151

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Upon its invention in the mid-1400s, the printing press instantly became a revolutionary device. It introduced literacy to the masses and led Europe out of the Middle Ages. This book explores the press' exciting history, the social and political conditions in place at the time Johannes Gutenberg invented it, and the changes the invention wrought afterward. It traces the evolution of moveable type and information dissemination up to modern electronic communications technology, examining the positive and negative effects of these developments, both in the past and on democracy and humankind today. This book will give readers a new appreciation for the written word, whether it is printed on paper or displayed on a screen.

Author : Sigfrid Henry Steinberg
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 37,92 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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This classic work, first published as a Pelican Original in 1955 and maintained in successive editions until 1980 is now available in a finely illustrated larger format book, drawing on the collections and curatorial expertise of The British Library. It has been completely revised and brought up to date, covering topics such as censorship, best-sellers, the invention of lithography and the connection between printing and education. It is of particular use to anyone studying the huge technological changes that the printing industry has experienced during its long timespan.

Author : Theodore Low De Vinne
Publisher : anboco
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 23,40 MB
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3736407726

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THE Invention of Printing has always been recognized by educated men as a subject of importance: there is no mechanical art, nor are there any of the fine arts, about whose early history so many books have been written. The subject is as mysterious as it is inviting. There is an unusual degree of obscurity about the origin of the first printed books and the lives and works of the early printers. There are records and traditions which cannot be reconciled of at least three distinct inventions of printing. Its early history is entangled with a controversy about rival inventors which has lasted for more than three centuries, and is not yet fully determined.

Author : John Man
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2010-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1409045528

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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 one man - Johann Gutenberg - had caused a revolution. Printing by movable type was a discovery waiting to happen. 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 paradox: 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.

Author : Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 42,4 MB
Release : 1980-09-30
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780521299558

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A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change, first published in 1980.

Author : Fran Rees
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756509897

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Johannes Gutenberg, a man of the Renaissance, developed a printing press and transformed the world of books.