Printing and Culture

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The paper maintains that the printing press greatly influenced the molding of European culture and national identity. The paper contends that the impact of the printing press extended beyond the world of the few who were able to afford and read printed texts. The paper stresses that while the development of the movable type printing press in Europe is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant achievements in Western civilization, few consider that the impact of the printing press extended far beyond the confines of the library or the marketplace of the bookseller.

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"While the development of the movable type printing press in Europe is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant achievement in Western civilization, few consider that the impact of the printing press can extend far beyond the confines of the library or the marketplace of the bookseller. However, as this essay will argue, the printing press had a profound influence upon the shaping of European culture and national identity that extended beyond the world of those few who were able to afford and read printed texts."

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