Description Named Man of the Millennium in 1999, Johannes Gutenberg was the creator of one of the most influential and revolutionary inventions in Europe's history: a printing press with mechanical movable type.
This development sparked the printing revolution, which is regarded as the milestone of the second millennium and represents one of the central contributions in the turn to modernity.
His printing press came to play a key role in the development of the Renaissance, the .
| History | A printing press with mechanical movable type |
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Haus Pub. Gutenberg, paperback/stephan fussel
