Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2340 The House of Light (Part 1)

  After listening to the performance, Georgiana went to Archbishop Roqueello under the guidance of the priest. Today he is not in his office, but in the sacristy, and Georgiana is waiting outside the door.

  The archbishop is wiping down a bracket used to visit the Bible at Mass. Gutenberg, the earliest printed matter in Europe, sold semi-finished products, and the buyer had to bind it himself, not because he was lazy.

The   Gutenberg Bible was not only several times larger than the popular manuscripts at the time, but also used a large and bold font to make it easier for people from a distance to see it clearly. To achieve this, he had to use a new typeface.

The handwritten fonts at that time used Gothic fonts. In some places, the lines were very narrow and easily broken, and the paper used for printing could not continue to use parchment paper. Not only was the ink not easy to dry, but it was also very heavy. It is estimated that a Bible was printed after it was printed. To be 75 kilograms, about the same weight as an adult man.

   Gutenberg succeeded after a lot of experimentation, for which he took out a loan, enough to buy several houses in Mainz.

The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire at that time was Sigismund, who served as Elector of Brandenburg, King of Germany, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, King of Poland, and the second son of Charles IV who issued the Golden Seal. Son, the last emperor of the Luxembourg dynasty, who gave the Marquis and Electors of Brandenburg to the Hohenzollern family.

  Because he had no male heir after his death, the throne was succeeded by his son-in-law, Albert II of Habsburg, from then on, the crown of the Holy Roman Empire was in the hands of the Habsburg family.

   During his reign, he organized the Crusades, and also presided over the end of the Catholic schism after Gregory XI, and ended the farce of the three popes.

  The time of enthronement and the time of rule do not necessarily coincide. For example, Charles IV ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1346, and his coronation was in 1355. And in November of the same year that Pope Gregory XI died, Charles IV also died, and Sigismund began to rule the Holy Roman Empire in 1410, during which time the Holy Roman Empire met In response to the threat from Timur, the Mongols had already defeated the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Ankara, captured the Ottoman Sultan, and when the time was approaching the turn of the century, concerns about the millennium and the Black Death made people feel that judgment was imminent. day is coming.

   During the split, many proposals were put forward for discussion, but none of them looked promising. Sigmund was considered to be a highly educated emperor, who could speak many languages, but was keen to participate in javelin knights.

   The Byzantine Empire was still lingering in the 15th century, but with the exception of some port cities, it was almost occupied by the Ottoman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire had to ask the West for help.

Lost Constantinople, lost the buffer of the Byzantine Empire, some people say that the name of Hungary comes from Attila and the Huns he led, is it really unimportant, Hungary was originally founded by the Magyars, in the 13th century When they were attacked by the Mongolian Golden Horde, they were closely linked with other civilizations in Western Europe.

This time Hungary has become the front line of the fight against Mongolia. If this barrier is breached, Europe will be plundered again. The atmosphere of terror is no less than that of Attila, the "Whip of God". .

   These circumstances fostered a massive demand for reading, so why did Gutenberg not print the Bible?

   Movable type printing is not suitable for Chinese, which is mainly pictographic, but it is very suitable for Latin, German and so on. Gutenberg not only required efficiency, but also required that the printed books be neater than manuscripts, with low price and large output. Due to the high price of vellum, in order to save costs, Gutenberg used old books that others did not want to bind new books.

   These books are not all the Bible. The seminary not only studies the Bible, but also translates the works of ancient Greek writers such as Homer and Socrates. Gutenberg was first a businessman, and then a cultural promoter, and he didn't keep books or had the habit of keeping books, but the problem of book theft.

   He prints what no one knows, and those who know the secret will not tell.

   At this time, the archbishop had finished his consecration. He turned around and came to Georgiana. He looked at her with a very complicated look.

   "I have a 'good news'." She said to him with an embarrassed smile.

   "What good news?"

   "The First Presidency allows you to open non-medieval schools."

"what does that mean?"

   "We are not living in the Middle Ages anymore, we should have the idea of ​​keeping pace with the times."

  The Archbishop looked a little angry.

   "Is this another Reformation?" asked the archbishop.

   "What... no!" she yelled.

   "Then how should I understand it?"

"You have to figure out which world you live in first. Reality is more important than logic, and change is more important than argument." She told him how the medieval people overthrew the discoveries of ancient Greek scholars and believed that the earth was flat." Flat Earth is logical, but it goes against the truth, and we can't convince people to believe it's wrong."

   "The Lord has mercy on us." The archbishop drew a cross on his chest with his eyes closed. "Caesar is about to intervene in the affairs of God again."

   "I don't think he meant that." She said a little tiredly, "The situation is not like 400 years ago."

  The Archbishop opened his eyes.

"I didn't tell you the whole truth that day." She struggled and said, "I named the Knights St. Catherine not only because of the tomb of the Duke of Arenberg, but also because you took me to St. Catherine's Church that day, and also For in 1378 Gregory XI left Avignon and returned to Rome under the persuasion of Catherine of Siena."

   "What did you see?" said the Archbishop.

   "I didn't see anything," replied Georgiana. "I think you'll be disappointed. I didn't see heaven, purgatory, or hell."

   "But I heard that you have the power of prophecy," said the archbishop.

   She didn't know if she should lie at this time.

   If the archbishop had been honest, what would he have told Bonaparte?

   Bonaparte also arranged for her to be watched, though it had been so long.

   This is not only because he is suspicious by nature, but also because she has no roots in this world and is a woman of unknown origin.

"I know what the Pope is worried about, he's worried about the splitting of the Gallic Church, especially the bishops who have sworn an oath to the constitution," Georgiana whispered, "but I'll tell you, I'm more worried about the Pietists and the war orphans. hospital, those children have suffered so much because of the war."

   "You mean, you want to set up a school as opposed to the Pietist college?" asked the archbishop.

   "No, I don't want confrontation."

"You mentioned that history just now, so do you remember that after 1378 the papa in Avignon after 1378 was called the 'antipope' after the new papa was established?" said the archbishop softly "or am I just confused? , otherwise I don't understand what you want to express."

   (end of this chapter)