Up until that time texts and therefore books were written by hand which was time consuming and costly. By making a printing press available to print books and other manuscripts there was an increase to the volume of knowledge cheaply available to the common man. It is an easy equation - more books = more knowledge to people everywhere which helped people become smarter.
A smarter culture of people increased the creativity and as creativity increased the world saw the birth of The Renaissance.
The 1440s invention that helped spread the ideas of the renaissance throughout Europe was the movable printing press. It was invented by Johannes Gutenberg.
Gutenberg's printing press was faster, cheaper and got the written out to people in a matter of weeks. Movable type enabled this rapid spread of ideas.
In the late 1440s Johann Gutenberg developed printing by movable type. (Printing using wood blocks and so on was already well known).Note that printing by movable type was already known in Korea.He invented the printing press in 1454.Gutenberg did not invent the printing press, the printing press he used was a modified lithography press that already existed. What he invented was movable type, which greatly sped up the process of setting up the press for printing.
the movable type printing press. ( which helped the Bible spread) and brought many people freedom.
Printing Press
Gutenberg invented the movable- type printing press in 1440.
printing press
Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press with movable type around 1440. His invention revolutionized the way information was disseminated and contributed to the spread of knowledge and ideas during the Renaissance and beyond.
Gutenberg was the first European to use movable type printing, in around 1439, and the global inventor of the printing press
The first machine that did printing using movable type was a printing press. There is a link below.
Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the printing press with metal movable type in 1455 AD. This innovation revolutionized the way books were produced and disseminated, leading to a major advancement in the spread of knowledge and information during the Renaissance.