THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION'S TRANSFORMATION

Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century sparked a revolution in knowledge dissemination that would forever alter 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 enabled mass production of

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, he emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly equipped with peepholes, were thought