The Gutenberg Revolution: A History of Print Culture Reprint Edition

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One of the most puzzling lapses in accounts of the rise of the West following the decline of the Roman Empire is the casual way historians have dealt with Gutenberg’s invention of printing. The cultural achievements that followed the fifteenth century, when the West moved from relative backwardness to remarkable, robust cultural achievement, would have been impossible without Gutenberg’s gift and its subsequent widespread adoption across most of the world.

Richard Abel follows the radical cultural impact of the printing revolution from the eighth century to the Renaissance, addressing the viability of the new Christian/Classical culture. Although this culture proved too fragile to endure, those who salvaged it managed to preserve elements of the Classical substance together with the Bible and all the writings of the Church Fathers. The cultural upsurge of the Renaissance (fourteenth to seventeenth centuries), which resulted in part from Gutenberg’s invention, is a major focus of this book.

Abel aims to delineate how the cultural revolution was shaped by the invention of printing. He evaluates its impact on the rapid reorientation and acceleration of the cultural evolution in the West. This book provides insight into the history of the printed word, the roots of modern-day mass book production, and the promise of the electronic revolution. It is an essential work in the history of ideas.

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Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Transaction Publishers; Reprint edition (August 13, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1412849527
ISBN-13: 978-1412849524
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
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A Good History Lesson

By David C. Howard on July 30, 2013

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This book is not what I expected, given its title, however I found it fascinating how the occurrence of one event led to the development led to another, often ending one sequence and starting another. It describes the development of thought and innovation as western Europe moved out of the Dark Ages and through the Middle Ages. This is a period and approach that is not covered well by many history books.

I highly recommend it.

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a "must read" for educated people

By Janet W. Bajan on September 11, 2013

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the impact of the printing press on learning has been greatly underestimated. additionally, the history of copying and preserving texts prior to the press, and the impact of scribal culture on learning is much ignored. i have tried to understand how this could be the case: why do western educational systems ignore this invention and its predecessor? after reading a number of books on the subject, i came to the conclusion that the reasons this is downplayed are "religious". no one who understands this history could ever again say that some texts are "the word of god".

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