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 transformed the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of literature, breaking the previous monopoly of knowledge held by the religious institutions. Before Gutenberg's innovation, books were painstakingly copied by hand, making them expensive and

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Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, it emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, regularly bearing peepholes, were believed to filter the m

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