Answer:
As literacy and
schools spread in European countries, there was a virtual reading mania that
developed.
(i) New forms of popular literature
appeared to target new readers.
(ii) There were ritual calendars along with
ballads and folk tales.
(iii) In England, penny chapbooks were
carried by petty pedlars, known as chapmen and sold for a penny, so that even
the poor could buy them.
(iv) In France, these low-priced books were
called 'Biliotheque Blene', as they were bound in cheap blue covers.
(v) There were romances, histories, books
of various sizes, serving different purposes and interests.
(vi) Periodical press developed to combine information
on current affairs with entertainment.
(vii) The ideas of scientists and scholars
had now become more accessible to the common people.
(viii) Scientists like Isaac Newton began to
publish their discoveries. Writings of thinkers like Thomas Paire, Voltaire and
Rousseau also affected the thinking of the people.
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