- A mechanical device invented in the 15th century in Europe.- Johannes Gutenberg is credited with perfecting the process thatpressed ink onto paper, printing his famous 42-line Bible between1452 and 1453.- Knowledge of the press quickly spread across Europe and led to the mass production of books.- Producing thousands of pages a day, compared to the few that could be produced by hand, allowed for the spread of new ideas from humanist thinkers such as Erasmus and reformers such as Martin Luther. - Lower cost and increased accessibility of printed materials also increased literacy.

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