HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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People abandoned the feudalsystem to find work in cities.
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People sought fame by publishingscandalous autobiographies.
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People stayed home to readShakespeare rather than attendthe theater.
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People had increasingopportunities to read the Bible intheir own language.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the Reformation change the political role of the Catholic Church in European society? Serfs began refusing to offer tithes to the Church. The Church began allowing priests to get married. Powerful kings began replacing the pope as the political leader.
Detailed explanation-2: -It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism, a name used collectively to refer to the many religious groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church due to differences in doctrine.
Detailed explanation-3: -In this way, Palmer says, the intellectual movements of the Renaissance led to Reformation-by stimulating the demand for books and encouraging people to read more and to think about how to reform the present. This included re-reading the Bible, as Luther did.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Reformation occurred during Renaissance times. It was a split in the Catholic Church where a new type of Christianity called Protestantism was born. During the Middle Ages, few people other than monks and priests knew how to read and write.