". . . historian Fr?d?ric Barbier provides an important new economic, political and social analysis of the first great 'media revolution' in the West: Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid fifteenth century. In great detail and with a wealth of historical evidence . . . charts the developments in manuscript culture in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and shows how the steadily increasing need for written documents initiated the processes of change which culminated with Gutenberg."--Provided by publisher.
The Gutenberg Bible resulted in a transformation in the distribution of knowledge and sparked incredible growth in literacy. Readers will find out how Gutenberg's printing press worked and what helped inspire it, and the Gutenberg Bible's layout and decoration are discussed. Includes images of the pages from the book itself.
