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    5 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT GUTENBERG

    Oct 04, 2023 2 minutes

    Gutenberg was a nobleman

    1 Johannes Gutenberg’s real name was Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden im Hof zum Gutenberg. In his era, the name Gensfleisch was known by most people in the city of Mainz where he was born, as he was part of a ‘patrician’ noble family.

    Mainz and most of Germany and Italy were part of the German Roman Empire, which was ruled by an emperor by the name

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