Before the Press: §<Tab/>majority of the population was illiterate §<Tab/>no standard for what proper writing was §<Tab/>ppl divided into upper class and lower class §<Tab/>knowing how to read did not mean that you knew how to write §<Tab/&…showed first 75 words of 366 total…

…showed last 75 words of 366 total…amp;lt;Tab/>language standardized - dialect & spelling of printings became standard §<Tab/>most dialects died down §<Tab/>middle class emerged: ppl in lower class could afford books; gained status thru education §<Tab/>new ideas spread more quickly §<Tab/>prevented corruption of texts