Why is Johannes Gutenberg remembered?

Answer 1

Gutenberg developed the printing press. Before this, reading, and therefore knowledge, was restricted to only the privileged and wealthy - kings, priests, etc etc. ANy printed material needed to be laboriously copied over and over, by various scribes, monks, and so on. Often, 50 different scibes would work to translate and write down a document from one language to another. He did thing to get sued before all this but got out of it. Therefore, printing anything was very expensive and time consuming, and books were rare and highly prized. Since there were no books (so to speak) there was no reason for the average peasant to learn to read. He learned what the priests and kings told him. That changed with the printing press. Books could be printed and reprinted over and over, at minimal cost. Now anyone, once taught, could read. And you never forgot how to read. With knowledge came power - power to resist tyranny, resist religious and social othordoxy, and to learn more about ourselves. Power to the People...

Answer 2

Johan Gutenberg was the inventor of the printing press, and the first book he printed was The Bible. This was the first time a bible was relatively readily available to common people, and in this lies Gutenberg's importance to the Reformation. The Catholic Church at the time believed that only priests should read the Bible, and that they should then preach their (and therefore the Church's) interpretations of their readings to their congregations. One of Luther's main tenets was that everyone should be able to read the Bible for themselves and find their own meaning in the words. The existence of the printing press allowed bibles to be printed in much larger quantities and much more quickly than was previously possible. Also, the Bible was now available in languages other than Latin, a language that was mostly only accessible to the clergy and the highly educated (and therefore highly wealthy.)

Answer 3

Being the person who revolutionized printing and effected the life of everyone in the generations to come.

Answer 4

For inventing/making the printing press ;P

Answer 5

invented printing press