Essays Tagged: "Johann Fust"

This essay is about the life if Johannes Guttenberg.

Johannes GutenbergImagine a world without books, magazines, or newspapers. Until the 15th Century pe ... rinting because of his accomplishments in the printing press. In this paper I will be talking about Johannes Gutenberg's life, and how he came to set up movable type and a version of the printing pres ... ibuted to him, but historical records have given evidence that he is indeed the on who printed them.Johannes Gutenberg was born in 1397. He was born into a noble family in the city of Mainz, a mining ...

(5 pages) 71 1 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg, was born to a rich family in Mainz, Germany and early on in his life he mastered ... the money wasn't enough to pay back Gutenberg's debtors. In 1455 he lost his press to his investor, Johann Fust. This may of looked like the end of the line for Gutenberg, but it wasn't.Another well k ... t it wasn't.Another well known work which is credited to Gutenberg, that work was the Catholicon of Johannes de Janua, a huge encyclopedia, which had 748 pages in two columns of 66 lines each. After h ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Gutenburg

GutenBerg Johannes Gutenberg, was born to a rich family in Mainz, Germany. Early on in his life he mastered in ... he money wasn't enough to pay back Gutenberg's debtors. In 1455, he lost his press to his investor, Johann Fust. This may of looked like the end of the line for Gutenberg, but it wasn't. Another well ... it wasn't. Another well known work which is credited to Gutenberg is the work of the Catholicon of Johannes de Janua, a huge encyclopedia. It had 748 pages in two columns of 66 lines each. After he r ...

(2 pages) 1264 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith