Johannes Gutenberg
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Johannes Gutenberg

A Biography in Books

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eBook - ePub

Johannes Gutenberg

A Biography in Books

About this book

Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe's first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fascinated a wide audience. Due to scant and vague fifteenth-century documentation, however, Gutenberg's career has long been obscured by derivative storytelling, competing agendas and scholarly guesswork. This new biography removes these barriers to retell his story directly, through his pioneering work: schoolbooks, pamphlets, indulgences, broadsides and, notably, the first printed Bible. The book also describes Gutenberg's posthumous fortunes, and his eventual recognition as 'Man of the Millennium'. This much-needed corrective to the old legends and conjectures brings Gutenberg to life through the books that remain his lasting monument.

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Information

Year
2025
Print ISBN
9781836390398
eBook ISBN
9781836390404
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. 1 An Invention for Europe
  8. 2 A Man Called Gutenberg
  9. 3 In Golden Mainz
  10. 4 The Work of the Books
  11. 5 The Wonderful Concord
  12. 6 A Trojan Horse
  13. 7 Gutenberg’s Rescue
  14. Chronology
  15. References
  16. Recommended Reading
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Photo Acknowledgements
  19. Index