The Protestant Reformation provides the social context that was required for the printing press to become the revolutionary technology it turned out to be.

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The Protestant Reformation caused a demand for religious texts that could be printed and distributed to a wider audience, and the printing press allowed for this to happen on a large scale. Without the Reformation's emphasis on individual interpretation of scripture and the need for vernacular translations, the printing press may not have had the same impact.

The Protestant Reformation Provides the Social Context That Was Required