The impact of printing on the development of the English language during the period of the Renaissance

The 15th century must be seen as the age of innovation in Europe. For the spread of Renaissance culture as we know it today, several factors were decisive: advances in the fields of arts (e.g. architecture, painting and literature), science (e.g. geography, astronomy and medicine), economy (e.g. flourishing international trade) and of course technology, as the example of the printing press shows.
By definition “The printing press is a mechanical device for printing many copies of a text on rectangular sheets of paper.” (