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Moveable type was new to Europe at the time, and proved to be an important step forward for Western literature. It used individual letter pieces that could be moved around – instead of wood blocks that would contain a whole page of text. This made printing different texts way easier than it was before. \n\nGutenberg was a printer, and one of the first to use this style of printing in Europe. He also developed an oil based ink for his press. With the publication of the Bible, Gutenberg established that literature could be mass-produced in a way that was practical, beautiful, and accessible to a wider economic group than hand-written manuscripts. \n\nConsidered to be Gutenberg’s masterpiece, copies are now considered to be invaluable. 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In most plays the hero, representing humanity as a whole or a specific social group, found himself in competition between good and evil, and events in the play were intended to guide the hero to salvation.  \n\nAt the end of the medieval period, morality plays began to shift toward more secular ideas and were essential to the development of Western drama and flourished during the Elizabethan Era, influencing the craft of playwriting throughout the Renaissance. \n","55d5912b-413d-436c-a06d-c24c8f9bc905",[125],{"id":126,"data":127,"type":38,"version":20,"maxContentLevel":19},"aa50b35b-bebf-4c43-8585-ace8055dcb66",{"type":38,"reviewType":20,"spacingBehaviour":20,"activeRecallQuestion":128,"activeRecallAnswers":130},[129],"What was the purpose of morality plays in the Middle Ages?",[131],"To teach values and Christian principles",{"id":133,"data":134,"type":20,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20},"35b8a2d8-1d01-49f0-bcd0-ffe48226fd47",{"type":20,"title":135,"markdownContent":136,"audioMediaId":137},"Key Figure: Dante Alighieri ","Born in 1265, Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet who helped usher in the Renaissance. 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In most plays the hero, representing humanity as a whole or a specific social group, found himself in competition between good and evil, and events in the play were intended to guide the hero to salvation.",{"type":200,"tag":201,"props":405,"children":406},{},[407],{"type":205,"value":408},"At the end of the medieval period, morality plays began to shift toward more secular ideas and were essential to the development of Western drama and flourished during the Elizabethan Era, influencing the craft of playwriting throughout the Renaissance.",{"title":194,"searchDepth":25,"depth":25,"links":410},[],{"id":133,"data":134,"type":20,"maxContentLevel":19,"version":20,"parsed":412},{"data":413,"body":415,"toc":464},{"title":194,"description":414},"Born in 1265, Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet who helped usher in the Renaissance. He is the author of the Divine Comedy, both a personal story and a sweeping allegory. 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