THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION'S TRANSFORMATION

Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century initiated a revolution in information sharing that would forever alter the course of human history. Prior to this pivotal moment, books were painstakingly transcribed by scribes, making them rare and accessible only to a select few. The printing press permitted mass production

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, it emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, regularly equipped with glass, were imagined to f