HTST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Johannes Gutenberg, Sola Scriptura, Hutterite
14 Mar 2018
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The reformation: print and european christianity, (part i) So secular that it wasn"t just people in monasteries makes scribes. Latin was the popular language but in the 1100s people began to write in their native tongue, so others began to be exposed to text. Active trade in books that are more organized in the 1300s. Development of commercial market for those who could afford books. People investing in the book trade, people willing to pay scribes to create books. Making businesses out of the buying and selling of books. Long period in europe where there was a shift in thinking that was extra religious; increased interests in learning about christian and secular things; opening up of secular interest secular (non-religious) interests. People became interested in the world, how their body worked etc. classical (greek and roman) texts. Core texts of greek and rome especially roman empire. People having a renewed interest in classical text humanism.
