THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION'S TRANSFORMATION

Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century initiated a revolution in knowledge dissemination that would forever reshape the course of human history. Prior to this pivotal moment, books were painstakingly copied by scribes, making them scarce and accessible only to a select few. The printing press enabled mass productio

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