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Johann Gutenberg
1465 - Mainz
In Mainz, no longer master of the press that bears no name of his, the man who made the modern world possible reflects on invention, debt, and erasure.
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Renaissance
Renaissance courts and workshops
1400 to 1600
Art, learning, and authority concentrated in courts, studios, and city-states.
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Johann Gutenberg
1465 - Mainz
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In Mainz, no longer master of the press that bears no name of his, the man who made the modern world possible reflects on invention, debt, and erasure.
