Explain the effects of print culture in the religious sphere in early modem Europe

CBSE Class 10 CBSE Class 10 Social Science
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Explain the effects of print culture in the religious sphere in early modem Europe.

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Effects of print culture:

  1. Print created possibility of wide circulation of ideas and introduced a new world of debate and discussion. Even those who disagreed with established authorities could now print and circulate their ideas.
  2. It was feared that there was no control over what was printed and read then rebellions and irreligious thoughts might spread.
  3. If that happened then authority of valuable literature would be destroyed.
  4. In 1517, the religious reformer Martin Luther wrote Ninety Five thesies. These criticising many of practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.
  5. Beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.