Europe & The Printing Press

1. Europe & The Printing Press

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION • What were the short term affects of the invention of the printing press? What were the long term affects?

3. European Events • Classical Civilizations (Greece, Rome) • Golden Ages (Greece, Rome) • End of Classical Civs (Fall of Empires) • Medieval Europe • What drew people together? • Pros & Cons of Feudalism • Knights

4. European Events • The Crusades • Why are they controversial? • Who joined & why? • What impact did they have? • What major event occurred after the Middle/Medieval Ages?

5. The Printing Press • For thousands of years writings were copied by hand • Block Printing • Invented in China, introduced in Europe (1300s) • Cut every word into wooden block, covered with ink, pressed to paper • Took long time, 1 block only did 1 page • Johann Gutenberg developed printing press with movable type

6. The Printing Press • Individual letters of metal held together by a frame • Type could be reset for new pages • Allowed for mass production of books • Encouraged spread of new ideas • People learned to read

7. The Guild System • Similar to unions of today • Merchant Guild – Group of merchants that lived in a certain area. • Helped members & their families • Craft Guild – Group of merchants that all practiced the same craft (i.e. Shoemakers)

8. The Guild System • Set rules for wages, hours, & working conditions • Controlled training • Masters – Owned their own shop; Handled training • Apprentice – 1st Step; Boy wanting to learn the craft goes & lives with the master • Journeyman – 2nd Step; Worked for master

9. ESSENTIAL QUESTION • What were the short term affects of the invention of the printing press? What were the long term affects?