With literature more obtainable organizations such as schools were able to expand variety of topics they could teach. As the schools offered more, education became a more prominent focus in society. The children of the upper class were expected to get a formal education. As society focused on education and schools incorporated books into their teaching methods, the literacy rate of Europe increased simply because everyone had easy access to literature (Dittmar 2011, 1139). The rate of literacy was not the only benefit of cheap book production, the cities which held a printing press also experiences an economic boost from their
With literature more obtainable organizations such as schools were able to expand variety of topics they could teach. As the schools offered more, education became a more prominent focus in society. The children of the upper class were expected to get a formal education. As society focused on education and schools incorporated books into their teaching methods, the literacy rate of Europe increased simply because everyone had easy access to literature (Dittmar 2011, 1139). The rate of literacy was not the only benefit of cheap book production, the cities which held a printing press also experiences an economic boost from their