Discuss the various economic and social factors which contributed to the process of Renaissance and Reformation.
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The Reformation had a profound impact on the history of Europe which extended beyond the sphere of religion.
Both Renaissance and Reformation had common social and economic causes.
In their impact, they coincided, and together, they brought about the collapse of the feudal order and laid the foundations of a new social order.
There were fundamental changes in the thinking of human beings about the world and their place in it, and in the content and style of art and literature.
There was a decisive shift away from divine matters to the study of human matters and an invincible faith in the tremendous creative potential of human beings.
The foundations of modern science were laid in this period.
The period also saw the emergence of nation- states with new forms of political system and new political theories.
This period was also the age of discovery when the voyages of exploration brought for the first time in history, all parts of the world into contact with one another.