Week 3

Question 1

What were the cultural preconditions for the printing press?

Answer 1

• Beginnings of Christianity
• Rise of monasteries and scriptoria
• Rise of universities

Question 2

What were the material preconditions for the printing press?

Answer 2

• Paper

- Block printing and moveable type

Question 3

The Screw Press

Answer 3

Used all across Europe for wine and olive oil. Gutenberg adopted this for the purpose of imposing type on paper.

Question 4

For Mumford, print should concern itself with

Answer 4

function and clarity.

Question 5

Shifts in production with the rise of print

Answer 5

• Reproduction
• Standardization
• Mechanization

Question 6

Changes associate with the rise of print

Answer 6

• Democratization
• Religious reform
• Secularization
• New forms of community

Question 7

Martin Luther

Answer 7

A German Theologian. Published the 95 Theses which protested indulgences spurred the start of the protestant reformation.

Question 8

Reformation was the first

Answer 8

propaganda campaign with the help of the printing press.

Question 9

The vernacular bibles meant that,

Answer 9

as consistent with the message of the Protestant reformation, Christians could achieve salvation through faith and scripture alone.

Question 10

The public sphere

Answer 10

• Jürgen Habermas

- Places of inclusion and intellectual freedom