It contributed to the spread of Renaissance ideas by allowing authors to cheaply and quickly make copies of their books.
Explanation:
According to a different source, these are the options that are included with the question:
It helped to launch the Renaissance by providing the earliest Renaissance artists with cheap materials for painting and sculpting.
It helped to end the Renaissance by allowing the Catholic Church to more easily criticize and denounce controversial ideas.
It contributed to the patronage of Renaissance artists by wealthy families like the Medici in Florence.
It contributed to the spread of Renaissance ideas by allowing authors to cheaply and quickly make copies of their books.
The printing press was an essential tool for the development of what we know now as the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a time period during which many new ideas spread throughout Europe. Moreover, much of the knowledge of Roman and Greek cultures was recovered and popularized again. The printing press facilitated this process by allowing authors to make cheap and quick copies of their books, which then popularized these new ideas.
