News about Johannes Gutenberg

A new study has discovered what started the 'witch craze' that spurred 300 years of persecution, including the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. It turns out the printing press is to blame. It turns out the invention of the printing press is what drove a new theory of witchcraft to spread rapidly in the 15th century.

An antiques Roadshow expert was left awe by a series of prints dating back more than 550 years, some of which may have been 'the oldest printed thing we'll ever see.' On the BBC show's journey to Glasgow, books and manuscripts specialist Matthew Haley was presented with a series of scripts from near the start of the printing press. Host Fiona Bruce said that rare, early books, particularly those from the pioneers of printing who brought the Bible to the masses in western Europe in the 1400s, are a 'exciting find.'