The Importance of the Printing Press for the Protestant Reformation, Pt 1

Posted on October 10, 2013 
Filed under History

Luther at the Diet of Worms“This article is the first of two that will consider the importance of Johann Gutenberg’s movable type printing technology for the Protestant Reformation and how the new technology was employed effectively by Martin Luther in Germany. Part one will deal with the technology, and part two will consider how it was used by Luther in Germany.”

– with Reformation Sunday coming up, this article is a fascinating insight into an often-overlooked aspect of the Reformation.