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what major 15th-century technological advance contributed to the spread of literacy well into the 17th century?

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Johann Gutenberg's invention of “movable-type printing”quickened the spread of knowledge, discoveries, and literacy in Renaissance Europe. The printing revolution also contributed mightily to the Protestant Reformation that split apart the Catholic Church.
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