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Originally Posted by DixieGal
In some cases, the Bible and any other book they might be wealthy enough to possess would be chained to the altar with big heavy chains. We are blessed now to be so wealthy as a society that we own rooms filled with bookshelves.
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Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but our wealth of books are due less to our wealth and more due to the Gutenberg printing press.
In many ways, the press was the Internet of the medieval age.
An interesting take on this is in James Burke's documentary THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED, episode 4. Where the printing press changed "testimony" into "hearsay"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jib9l5k1mo0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKc2uXNib-Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZICSjJ4eXew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uix5PBJtjo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMEXxnsIw2I