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Chapter 5 - Inventing Printing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2024

Robin Derricourt
Robin Derricourt
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University of New South Wales, Sydney
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Although woodblock printing of books has an earlier origin in China, Korea and Japan, the invention of printing with movable metal type that began in Europe in the middle of the 15th century was truly revolutionary. The innovation of printed books spread rapidly and stimulated the process to democratise knowledge as the medieval world transformed into the early modern, with new genres and audiences for books established in just a few decades.

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Five Innovations That Changed Human History
Transitions and Impacts
 , pp. 136 - 186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Inventing Printing
  • Robin Derricourt, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Book: Five Innovations That Changed Human History
  • Online publication: 01 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009523400.005
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  • Inventing Printing
  • Robin Derricourt, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Book: Five Innovations That Changed Human History
  • Online publication: 01 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009523400.005
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  • Inventing Printing
  • Robin Derricourt, University of New South Wales, Sydney
  • Book: Five Innovations That Changed Human History
  • Online publication: 01 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009523400.005
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