Gutenberg renaissance biography books

          Johann Gutenberg's invention of movable type ignited the explosion of art, literature, and scientific research that accelerated the Renaissance.

          Covering important figures throughout the Renaissance era, each title in this series includes fascinating sidebars, the subject's life at a glance.!

          Johannes Gutenberg

          c. 1395– c.

          1468


          Who Was Johannes Gutenberg?

          Johannes Gutenberg started experimenting with printing by 1438.

          A biography profiling the life of Johannes Gutenberg, a man from the Renaissance era who is best known for developing the printing press.

        1. A biography profiling the life of Johannes Gutenberg, a man from the Renaissance era who is best known for developing the printing press.
        2. The book explores the transformative cultural, political, and social conditions of Italy during the Renaissance, emphasizing the emergence of new political.
        3. Covering important figures throughout the Renaissance era, each title in this series includes fascinating sidebars, the subject's life at a glance.
        4. The narrative vividly encapsulates the richness of the Renaissance period, touching on his childhood experiences, the turbulent social landscape of his era, and.
        5. His major work, the Gutenberg Bible, was the first printed version of the Bible and has been acclaimed for its high aesthetic and technical quality.

          6. In 1450, Gutenberg obtained backing from the financier, Johann Fust, whose impatience and other factors led to Gutenberg's loss of his establishment to Fust several years later. Gutenberg's masterpiece, and the first book ever printed in Europe from movable type, is the “Forty-Two-Line” Bible, completed no later than 1455.

          Quick Facts

          FULL NAME: Johannes Gutenberg
          BORN: c. 1395
          DIED: c.

          The narrative vividly encapsulates the richness of the Renaissance period, touching on his childhood experiences, the turbulent social landscape of his era, and.

          1468
          BIRTHPLACE: Mainz, Germany

          Early Life

          Born into a modest merchant family in Mainz, Germany, circa 1395, Johannes Gutenberg’s work as an inventor and printer would have a major impact on communication and learning worldwide.

          He was the third son of Freile zum Gensfleisch and his second wife, Else Wirick zum Gutenberg, whose maiden name Johann later adopted. There is little recorded history of this early life, but local records indicate he apprenticed