In class we talked about how typographic printing affected society, Martin Luther, and Albrecht Durer. Typographic printing increased literacy, individualism, stabilized and unified languages, spread ideas, and lead to the industrial revolution. Martin Luther started Lutherism by posting his 95 theses. Albrecht Durer brought in Roman capitals, he visited Italy and noticed how much more advanced the italians were than the Germans and wrote a book about it. We then had a debate about who was the most important Renaissance Man. A Renaissance man is someone who did everything and was great at it. The class was split into three groups and each was given a "Renaissance man", Erhart Ratdolt, Geoffroy Tory, and Aldus Manutius. After hearing about each renaissance man, Geoffroy Tory was named the Renaissance Man. Tory was named "Renaissance Man" by the book, he created thirteen different alphabets, studied twelve different fields, introduced the apostrophe, the accent, and the cedilla, all of which are still used today. Tory achieved more in his lifetime than either of the other men.
I find it very intriguing that since Tory created the apostrophe, accent, and cedilla, alphabets have changed as well as writing style and they are still used today. That is a major accomplishment.
What enable Tory to become the most successful of his time? What advantages did he have over Ratdolt and Manutius?
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