Assignment on Print Culture and the Modern world
Class 10
1. Where did the earliest kind of print technology develop?How were books in China printed
from 594 AD?
2.The imperial state in China,was the major producer of printed material.Support the statement
with examples.
3. Elaborate how print got diversified during the 17 th century as urban culture bloomed?
4. What was the new technology that accompanied the reading culture?
5. Describe the progress of print in Japan ?
6. Who brought the technology of woodblock printing to Europe?Who used expensive Vellum
and who used the cheaper printed copies?
7. Mention the shortcomings of manuscripts?
8. Who developed the printing press? Explain the background behind the invention of the
press?
9. The new technology did not entirely displace the existing art of producing books by hand
.Justify.
10. Not everyone welcomed the printed books.Why?
11. Mention the role of print in different spheres of life?
12. Explain the role played by Martin Luther and his printed text which brought a division in the
Roman Catholic Church?
13. Who was Mennochio?Why was he executed?
14. Mention some of the new forms of popular printed literature which was targeted to new
audiences?How were they being sold?
15. How did ideas about science,reason and rationality find their way into popular literature in
the 18 th century Europe?
Class 10
1. Where did the earliest kind of print technology develop?How were books in China printed
from 594 AD?
2.The imperial state in China,was the major producer of printed material.Support the statement
with examples.
3. Elaborate how print got diversified during the 17 th century as urban culture bloomed?
4. What was the new technology that accompanied the reading culture?
5. Describe the progress of print in Japan ?
6. Who brought the technology of woodblock printing to Europe?Who used expensive Vellum
and who used the cheaper printed copies?
7. Mention the shortcomings of manuscripts?
8. Who developed the printing press? Explain the background behind the invention of the
press?
9. The new technology did not entirely displace the existing art of producing books by hand
.Justify.
10. Not everyone welcomed the printed books.Why?
11. Mention the role of print in different spheres of life?
12. Explain the role played by Martin Luther and his printed text which brought a division in the
Roman Catholic Church?
13. Who was Mennochio?Why was he executed?
14. Mention some of the new forms of popular printed literature which was targeted to new
audiences?How were they being sold?
15. How did ideas about science,reason and rationality find their way into popular literature in
the 18 th century Europe?
