Definition of pulpit for Students. 1  1 : a raised place in which a clergyman stands while preaching or conducting a religious service. 2  2 : the profession of preachers.
The printing press was introduced to the West in the Holy Roman Empire by Johannes Gutenberg, around 1440.Gutenberg, a goldsmith by profession, devised a hand mould to create metal movable type, and adapted screw presses and other existing technologies, to create a printing system.he invention of the printing press led to a huge increase of printing activities across Europe within only a few decades. From a single print shop in Mainz, Germany, printing had spread to no less than around 270 cities in Central, Western and Eastern Europe by the end of the 15th century.
In the thirteenth century, many European travelers reached China through the Silk Road and brought back Printing Technique to Europe. In 1444, Gutenberg, a German inventor of letterpress printing, printed the Bible using a similar printing technique.