The printing press precipitated 200 years of chaos, moving from a world where the Catholic Church was the sort of organizing political force to the Treaty of Westphalia, when we finally knew what the new unit was: the nation state.
Tiparul a adus 200 de ani de haos, mutandu-ne de la o lume in care Biserica Catolica era un fel de forta politica organizatoare la Tratatul de la Westphalia cand am vazut in sfarsit care era noua entitate: statul national.