HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Northern merchants resented paying taxes to the Church in Rome
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the Church was threatening to excommunicate the king of France
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the pope in Rome insisted on speaking only Latin
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Martin Luther said he could interpret the Bible better than the pope
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Detailed explanation-1: -The major causes of the protestant reformation include that of political, economic, social, and religious background. The religious causes involve problems with church authority and a monks views driven by his anger towards the church.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Reformation led to the reformulation of certain basic tenets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Reformation was the start of Protestantism and the split of the Western Church into Protestantism and what is now the Roman Catholic Church. It is also considered to be one of the events that signified the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period in Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Roman Catholic Church responded to the Protestant challenge by purging itself of the abuses and ambiguities that had opened the way to revolt and then embarked upon recovery of the schismatic branches of Western Christianity with mixed success.