The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
FAIN: FA-11710-77
Elizabeth Eisenstein
Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1015)
To examine the effect of the printing press on Western society and thought. Project will explore the varied ramifications of the shift from script to print and will relate the shift to several major concurrent developments in Western Europe during the early modern era, namely the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science.