Elizabeth Eisenstein on Emancipation through the Print Revolution
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= Elizabeth Eisenstein - From scribal scarcity to the disruptive text
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"In this first clip, Eisenstein describes the conditions of scarcity that characterized the book as artifact in the age of the scribe. Thereafter she describes the printed word's role in the reformation, and how this served to transform the Catholic church's view of print - towards which it had initially been positive - and sparked attempts to control its influence."