Can one invention really change the world? Before the mid-fifteenth century, books were printed by hand, making them rare and expensive. Reading and learning re
Studies the history of printing in China from the invention of paper, through block printing, through paper's journey to Europe, to printing with movable type.
A history of the modern printing industry, including how paper and ink are made, looking particularly at the printing press invented by Gutenberg around 1450 bu
Michael Clanchy's From Memory to Written Record, first published in 1979, has shaped the study of medieval literacy. Apart from continuing to work on 'pragmatic
A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change, first published in 1980.
