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Nicolas Jenson is a French Nicolas Jenson is a French typographer that was sent to Minz, to learn the Germany around 1450 from of printing press technology Gutenberg himself. ending of Renaissance and acceptance and acceptance ending of Renaissance The 16th century in The became a darker and advancements printing of age in terms spreading information Just think about all the uncontrolled type technology. movable for huge concerns which created and opinion information book freed The vastly. a lot of book and were there In France, and the conservative. the governments age. the new information library towards violance and censoring burnings, centuryto the 17th in people started itself out moving since But things figured moving see artists Switzerland, , to moving We high censorship. due to out of Paris from In freedom 1648, Spain experienced Germany. back to England and even include printing) started So (this science move of religion. to dominion and freedom Massachusetts.] Cambridge, in first book printed the smoothly again. 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