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Johannes GUTENBERG. and the Printing Press. Vocabulary. Contradict to go against something Illuminated decorated pages Colleagues people you work with Monasteries places that monks live. FACTS about GUTEnberg. Original last name meant “gooseflesh” From Germany
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Johannes GUTENBERG and the Printing Press
Vocabulary • Contradict to go against something • Illuminated decorated pages • Colleagues people you work with • Monasteries places that monks live
FACTS about GUTEnberg • Original last name meant “gooseflesh” • From Germany • Invented the printing press
The printing press • Invented in 1455 by Johannes Gutenberg • Started the Reformation because everyone could read the Bible • Before the printing press, monks in monasteries copied books by hand and decorated (illuminated) them with illustrations and designs