AP Euro Topic 1.4 Printing Press Terms and Names (Amsco Bolded)

AMSCO AP Euro 1.4

Movable Type

Type in which each individual character is cast on a separate piece of metal allowing for the arrangement of individual letters and other characters on a page. (Invented in Korea 13th Century).

Johannes Gutenberg

German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)

Printing Press

15th century invention which revolutionized the ability to print information which in turn affected the speed of the spread of information itself.

Gutenberg Bible

the first full-sized book printed with movable type and a printing press

vernacular literature

Literature written in the everyday language spoken by common people

Martin Luther

Posted 95 theses in 1517, led to religious reform in Germany. Printing Press spread the posted ideas like wildfire.