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Why was development of pront called a revolution |
| Answer» \tAs literacy and schools spread in European countries, there was a virtual reading mania that developed.\tNew forms of popular literature appeared to target new readers.\tThere were ritual calendars along with ballads and folk tales.\tIn England, penny chapbooks were carried by petty pedlars, known as chapmen and sold for a penny, so that even the poor could buy them.\tIn France, these low-priced books were called ‘Biliotheque Blene’, as they were bound in cheap blue covers.\tThere were romances, histories, books of various sizes, serving different purposes and interests.\tPeriodical press developed to combine information on current affairs with entertainment.\tThe ideas of scientists and scholars had now become more accessible to the common people.\tScientists like Isaac Newton began to publish their discoveries. Writings of thinkers like\tThomas Paire, Voltaire and Rousseau also affected the thinking of the people. | |