← Explore on the interactive map
Spread of the Printing Press in Europe
In the 1450s, movable-type printing technology centered on Mainz spread rapidly to German cities, Italy, France, and beyond.…
Timeline
- 1450–1455Mainz · GermanyPrinting workshops in Mainz reached technical maturity, and some craftsmen and apprentices left the Rhineland, carrying knowledge of movable-type printing to other German cities.
- 1455–1458Strasbourg · AlsacePrinting workshops appeared successively in Strasbourg, Basel, and other places, printing religious texts and classical works and forming a German printing network.
- 1457–1460Venice · VenetoPrinting technology reached the Italian peninsula and France through merchant travelers and networks of craftsmen, with cities like Venice becoming centers of book production and trade in Southern Europe.
Sources
- The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe — Elizabeth L. Eisenstein (1983)
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Printing https://www.britannica.com/technology/printing-publishing