Asked by berlanda

Which best explains why the Gutenberg press transformed European society?

It increased printing speed while reducing cost, decreasing the number of books written in the vernacular.
It increased printing speed while reducing type size, decreasing the size of books.
It increased printing speed while reducing cost, allowing printed ideas to spread more widely and quickly.
It increased printing speed while reducing cost, allowing publishers to make more money.

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"It increased printing speed while reducing cost, allowing printed ideas to spread more widely and quickly."

Briefly: movable type made books cheaper and faster to produce, so more copies in more languages circulated. That raised literacy, standardized knowledge, spread new religious and scientific ideas (e.g., the Reformation, Renaissance, Scientific Revolution), and reshaped politics and culture across Europe.