During the Middle Ages, it was common to find monks huddled over their ... Before Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the middle of the 15th century, books had to be written by hand.

It may come as a shock to discover that there were some great innovations in the Middle Ages, such as the mechanical clock, the printing press and coffee houses! But it is in construction ...

Before Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the middle of the 15th ... many of the total manuscripts produced during the Middle Ages were copied by women. Since roughly 75,000 of ...