A historian claims that the printing press, introduced in 15th-century Europe, contributed to the rapid spread of religious reform movements by making texts available to a much wider audience than before.
Which finding, if true, would most strongly support the historian's claim?
- A
The printing press used movable metal type.
- B
Religious texts have existed for centuries.
- C
Some early printers operated multiple presses simultaneously.
- Dcheck_circle
Within decades of the printing press's introduction, key reform-minded religious texts were printed in tens of thousands of copies and circulated to congregations across Europe, far exceeding earlier handwritten dissemination.
Explanation
A documents the increased scale of dissemination of religious reform texts after the printing press's introduction. B, C, and D are tangential.