THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

The Gutenberg Revolution: A History of Innovation

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century revolutionized the world. This groundbreaking device enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous control of knowledge held by the church. Before Gutenberg's discovery, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them scarce and accessible only to the we

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Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, it became a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly bearing peepholes, wer

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