1150 Spain Case Study

1150 – In Spain, paper is first mass-produced

http://users.stlcc.edu/nfuller/paper/

• Muslim conquest of Spain brought paper making to Europe

• Both Spain and Italy claim to be the first to manufacture paper in Europe

• One of the first paper mills in Europe was in Xativa, Spain

• The first wire mold for making paper is identified in Spain dating to 1150.

• 1276 decline of manufacture in Spain

http://paperproject.org/paperhistory3.html

|1150 |First papermill established in Spain at Xativa. El-Edrisi said of the Spanish city of Xátiva: "Paper is there|
| |manufactured, such as cannot be found anywhere else in the civilized world, and is sent to