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 * PRINTING PRESS**

The movable type was first invented in 1454 by Johann Gutenberg, Johann Fuss, and Peter Schoffer. Originally, books were written manually and could only be purchased by the rich. However, when individual block letters were invented, letters were printed faster by putting them in any order and the printing process became quicker. With the new movable type, Gutenberg published //Gutenberg's Bible of 1456//. Less than a century later, the movable type was being used for more than just books, but to announce declarations of war, publish battle accounts, create treaties, argue about some topics, and show the differences between two different groups. The printing press encouraged people to buy all different types of printed works that included various topics, not just religious ones like they used to.

McKay, John P. __History of Western society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.