Chapter 2340 House of Light (Part 1)

After listening to the performance, Georgiana was led by the priest to find Archbishop Roquerol. Today he is not in his office, but in the sacristy. Georgiana is waiting outside the door.

The Archbishop was polishing a bracket that was used to access the Bible during Mass. Gutenberg, the earliest printed matter in Europe, sells semi-finished products, and buyers need to bind them into volumes by themselves. This is not because he is lazy.

Gutenberg's Bible was not only several times larger than the popular manuscripts of the time, but also used a larger and bolder font so that people from a distance could read it clearly. In order to achieve this purpose, he had to use a new typeface.

At that time, the handwritten fonts used Gothic fonts. In some places, the lines were very narrow and easily broken, and the printing paper 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 is printed. It must be 75 kilograms, which is about the same weight as a grown man.

Gutenberg's success came after extensive experimentation, for which he took out a loan, enough to buy several houses in Mainz.

At that time, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Sigismund. He served as the elector of Brandenburg, the king of Germany, the king of Bohemia, the king of Hungary, and the king of Poland. His son, the last emperor of the Luxembourg dynasty, was the one who gave the Marquis and Elector of Brandenburg to the Hohenzollern family.

Because there was no male heir after his death, the throne was inherited 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 at the same time presided over the end of the Catholic schism since Gregory XI, ending the farce of the three popes.

The time of enthronement and the time of rule do not necessarily coincide. For example, Charles IV began to rule the Holy Roman Empire in 1346, and his coronation was in 1355. And in November of the same year that Pope Gregory XI died, Charles IV also died, and it was 1410 when Sigmund began to rule the Holy Roman Empire. During this period, the Holy Roman Empire had to face Facing the threat from Timur, the Mongols had already defeated the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Ankara and captured the Ottoman Sultan. In addition, the time was close to the turn of the century, and the worries about the Millennium and the Black Death made people feel that the trial was imminent The day is coming.

Many proposals were put forward and discussed during the split, but none looked promising. Sigmund was considered a highly educated emperor, multilingual, but keen to participate in knightly competitions with the javelin.

In the 15th century, the Byzantine Empire was still lingering, but except for some port cities, it was almost occupied by the Ottoman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire had to ask the West for help.

Losing Constantinople and the buffer of the Byzantine Empire, some people say that the name of Hungary comes from Attila and the Huns led by him. It doesn’t really matter. Hungary was originally established by the Magyars in the 13th century At that time, they were attacked by the Mongol Golden Horde, and it was only then that they became closely connected with other civilizations in Western Europe.

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

These circumstances fostered a great demand for reading, and why would Gutenberg not print a Bible?

Movable type printing is not suitable for Chinese, which is dominated by pictographic characters, but it is very suitable for Latin, German, etc. Gutenberg not only required efficiency, but also required printed books to be more orderly than manuscripts, with lower prices and higher output. Due to the high price of leather paper, in order to save costs, Gutenberg used old books that others did not want to bind new books.

These books are not all Bibles. Seminaries not only study the Bible, they also translate the works of ancient Greek writers such as Homer and Socrates. Gutenberg is a businessman first, and then a promoter of culture, and he has not kept accounts or has the habit of keeping accounts, but there is the problem of account books being stolen.

What he printed no one knows, and those who know the secret won't tell.

At this time, the archbishop had finished consecrating, and he turned around and came to Georgiana. He looked at her with complicated eyes.

"I bring a 'good news'." She smiled awkwardly and said to him.

"What good news?"

"The First Consul agrees with you to open a non-medieval school."

"what does that mean?"

"We are not living in the Middle Ages anymore, we should keep pace with the times."

The archbishop looked a little annoyed.

"Is this another Reformation?" asked the archbishop.

"Wh...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 also told him how people in the Middle Ages overturned the discoveries of ancient Greek scholars and thought that the earth is flat." Flat Earth is logical but not factual, and we cannot convince people that it is wrong."

"Lord, have mercy on us." The archbishop closed his eyes and drew a cross on his chest, "Caesar is about to intervene in God's affairs again."

"I don't think he meant that." She said wearily. "The situation is not like it was 400 years ago."

The archbishop opened his eyes.

"I didn't tell you the whole truth that day." She said after struggling a bit, "I named the Knights St. Catherine not only because of the cemetery of the Duke of Arenberg, but also because you took me to St. Catherine's Church that day. Because in 1378 Gregory XI was persuaded by Catherine of Siena to leave Avignon for Rome."

"What do you see?" said the archbishop.

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

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

She didn't know whether to lie or not at this time.

If he had told the Archbishop honestly, what would he have told Bonaparte?

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

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

"I know what the Pope is worried about. He is worried about the split of the Gaul Church, especially those bishops who have sworn to the Constitution." Georgiana whispered, "But what I want to tell you is that I am more worried about the Pietists and the orphans of war. In the hospital, those children have suffered so much because of the war."

"You mean, you want to start a school as opposed to the Pietist Academy?" asked the Archbishop.

"No, I don't want to be confrontational."

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