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Undergraduate 3
03/13/2010

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Elizabeth Eisenstein
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The Printing Press as an Agent of change
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Peter of Ravenna
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Phoenix, sive Artificiosa Memoria
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Harold Innis
Definition
Empire and Communication (1950)
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Johann Fust
Definition
Early German printer
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Johan Gutenberg (1395-1468)
Definition
Came up with the idea of printing using the press
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Acta Diurna
Definition
"daily Acts" / The Roman official notices 
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Peter Schoffer (1425-1502)
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Early German Printer who studied under Fust
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Xylography
Definition
Artistic technique in printmaking where an image is carved into a block of wood
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Parchment
Definition
Material for writing that is made from animal skin. Used in books, codexes and manuscripts
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Vellum
Definition
More refined type of parchment
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Scriptoria
Definition
place for writing where monks would copy manuscripts
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Gutenberg Bible
Definition
FIRST BOOK MADE W/ A PRINTING PRESS
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Incunabula
Definition
A book that was printed (not handwritten) in Europe before 1501
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Stationer
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A person who sells stationary
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Martin Luther
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Started Protestant Reformation by nailing 95 Theses on the door of the church
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Renaissance
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Cultural revolution that took place from the 14th to the 17th centuries.  It focused on a resurgence of learning that was based on classical sources
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Pope Paul IV/ Index of Prohibited Books (1559)

 

Definition
Used the Index to crack down on the growing threat of Protestantism and the printing press.  All books written by Protestants were banned
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Sundials
Definition
Devices that measured time by the position of the sun
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Water clocks
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Any timepiece that kept time based on the flow of liquid into or out from a vessel where the amount is measured
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Mechanical clocks
Definition

-First came about in 13th century Europe

-Clock was a powerful metaphor in the 19th century (God)

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Corantos
Definition
Early 14th century precursor to the newspaper
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Carey
Definition

The Internet and the end of the national communications system

-moves people away from their isolated island like living

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McLuhan
Definition

The Medium is the Message

- technology affects how we communicate

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Postman and Paglia
Definition

Television versus Print

- print is important

- commercials and advertising are the most important aspects of our culture

-TV reflects our daily lives

-Reading becomes harder and harder to do

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