How Did Johannes Gutenberg Influence The Renaissance?

Is it possible for one man’s invention to widely affect the general populations worldview around him and single handedly advance the overall political, economic, and scholarly world? Like a general at the front lines of his battle, Johannes Gutenberg was one of the first pioneering inventors during the time of the Renaissance. As put by Katie Miller from Intellectual Ventures Laboratory, “His invention played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution” (Miller). At the time of the Renaissance a mindset for self betterment, change, and perfection rose to popularity and those who sought after such aspects in life would dedicate themselves to specific works. Gutenberg,

His work, being so revolutionary and a masterpiece of the time of the Renaissance, affected nobles, peasants, and religious leaders so much so that Johannes’s press was used by all. Gutenberg's invention of the printing press opened the door for creative, scholarly, and political development that then shaped the fifteenth-century society’s worldview on innovation.

The Printing press, offering a new medium for communication, changed the religious and political worldview by allowing messages and ideas to spread more across Europe. By making the printing press, Gutenberg was able to lower book prices and achieve a more mainstream aim at creating manuscripts, political works, and other religious texts (Miller). Books were more widely available to those who could read and couldn’t read, affecting education and the understanding of the general population. Even if not understanded, information was being passed along Europe more rapidly affecting how propaganda from leaders and from the Church spread. Gutenberg printed many books but the first, and most notable of all, is the Bible, the biggest propaganda scheme for the Catholic Church. Gutenberg's printed