This man started the printing revolution. At the time, there was a very low literacy rate in Europe. There were oral readings by street entertainers (sounds better than the usual mime).
On a press like this one with moveable type, the Bible and latin grammar books were printed starting in 1452.
It cost about 3 years' salary for a middle class person to purchase a Gutenberg Bible. However, this was much more economical than the typical hand written Bibles of the day.
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