Print Culture and the Modern World (Chapter-7)

‘Many Histories have argued that print culture created the conditions within which the French

Revolution occurred.’ Explain.

By the end of the 19th century a new visual cultural was taking shapes. Write any three features

of this new visual cultural.

Explain the impact of print on Indian women.

How did oral culture enter print and how was the printed material transmitted orally? Explain

How print revolution led to the development of reading mania in Europe.

“Print popularized the ideas of the idea of the enlightenment thinkers.” Explain.

What was the role of new ‘visual image’ culture in printing in India?

Why did the woodblock method become popular in Europe?

Explain any three features of handwritten manuscripts before the age of print in India?

Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

What were the effects of the spread of print culture for poor people in nineteenth century India?

What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:

(a) Women

(b) The poor

(c) Reformers

Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books? Choose one example from Europe and one from India.

Write short notes to show what you know about:

(a) The Gutenberg Press

(b) Erasmus's idea of the printed book

(c) The Vernacular Press Act

Why did some people in eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism?

Give reasons for the following:

(a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.

(b) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.

(c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.

(d) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.