Question

Answer all questions given under the heading

The invention of the Printing Press

1. How were the manuscripts written earlier?
2. Who, when, where did invent the printing press?
3. How was this invention useful?
4. Apart from spreading knowledge, what was promoted by this invention?

Answer 1

1. Earlier, manuscripts were written by hand on animal skin called vellum. Only the privileged few could access them.
2. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in Germany in the middle of the fifteenth century.
3. The printing press enabled the production of multiple copies of a manuscript and their spread all over Western Europe.
4. The invention not only spread knowledge widely but also promoted critical thinking.