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World History Spine · Medieval to early modern

The Renaissance & the Printing Press

How Italian city-states, rediscovered classics and a German goldsmith's machine made the Renaissance and then the Reformation: Florence and the Medici, humanism, Gutenberg's press, the information explosion and its consequences.

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Prereqs: Medieval Europe; Rise of Islam (transmission of Greek texts). Next: Age of exploration. Sources: Elizabeth Eisenstein's *The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe*, Jared Rubin's *Rulers, Religion, and Riches*, Dittmar (2011, *QJE*) on printing and city growth.
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