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How did the invention of the Gutenberg press affect the Renaissance?

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Gutenberg’s printing press spread literature throughout the Renaissance for the first time in an efficient way.
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Answer: Gutenberg's printing press contributed to the spread of the Renaissance ideas

Explanation: Gutenberg improved the existing printing technique with his inventions that he added and made a far more advanced printing machine than it was before. In other words, Gutenberg replaced the old wood-based printing system, with a new, highly moving system with metal parts. In this way, the printing became faster, it was possible to print incomparably more books, that is, mass printing was possible. This happened around 1439, and this invention has greatly contributed to the spread of Renaissance ideas.

At the time of Renaissance and blooming the ideas of classical Greece, humanism, art, philosophy, these ideas were widely available, due to the fact that printing was massive and everyone could get books.

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