Project Gutenberg 2015-09-17 Public domain in the USA. 166 Dingelstedt, Franz von 1814 1881 Von Dingelstedt, Franz Dingelstedt, Franz, Freiherr von Wintour, Caroline John Gutenberg, First Master Printer His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his Death Produced by WebRover, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "John Gutenberg, First Master Printer" by Franz von Dingelstedt is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This work chronicles the life and contributions of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press, and it paints a vivid picture of the socio-political dynamics of 15th-century Europe. The narrative explores Gutenberg's struggles, his interactions with contemporaries, and the significant events that influenced the development of printing as an art and profession. The opening portion of the book sets the stage with a lively wedding scene involving Peter Schoeffer and Christine Fust, Gutenberg's former apprentice and his partner's daughter. The festivities, however, are tinged with undercurrents of political tension as local power struggles unfold. Throughout the celebration, a quarrel erupts over Gutenberg's place in the world of printing, hinting at the tensions and rivalries that Gutenberg must face as his revolutionary art of printing begins to reshape society. This introductory chapter captures the contrasts between joyous public events and the private struggles of a visionary caught between past glory and current misfortunes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468 -- Fiction PT Text Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 166571 2025-07-20T06:02:05.659744 text/html 140636 2024-10-22T23:09:07 text/html 13334854 2025-07-20T06:02:18.401634 application/epub+zip 13272761 2025-07-20T06:02:07.677817 application/epub+zip 141029 2025-07-20T06:02:06.466755 application/epub+zip 13248497 2025-07-20T06:02:26.411598 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 13151806 2025-07-20T06:02:13.854702 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165683 2022-09-22T15:36:32.616078 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136468 2025-07-20T06:02:04.736752 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116525 2024-10-22T23:09:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17399 2025-07-20T06:02:26.690595 application/rdf+xml 16637 2025-07-20T06:02:06.549694 image/jpeg 2488 2025-07-20T06:02:06.507754 image/jpeg 12872425 2025-07-20T06:02:06.096734 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia