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" Cities with at least one printing press in 1500 were significantly more likely to adopt Protestantism than cities without printing, but it was cities with multiple competing printers that were most likely to turn Protestant. "

Niall Ferguson , The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook


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Niall Ferguson quote : Cities with at least one printing press in 1500 were significantly more likely to adopt Protestantism than cities without printing, but it was cities with multiple competing printers that were most likely to turn Protestant.