THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION'S TRANSFORMATION

Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century initiated a revolution in communication that would forever transform the course of human history. Prior to this pivotal moment, books were painstakingly copied by scribes, making them scarce and accessible only to a select few. The printing press facilitated mass production of

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, it emerged a symbol of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, regularly equipped with glass, were imagined to filt