What order of events led to the medieval era giving way to the renaissance and the age of exploration?
a.) 1. the bubonic plague seveerly reduced the population of europe; 2. higher demand for labor increased wages and prices, leading to a market economy.
b.) 1. demands for reform provoked a second great schism in church; 2. papal authorities rallied to institute a revival of faith and clerical authority.
c.) 1. england and france launched the hundred years' war in their competition for land; 2. mass destruction caused by weapons rendered european nations isolated and weak.
b.) 1. mongol and slavic invasions diversified the population of europe; 2. many small but interconnected kingdoms dependent on farming and trade came to dominate the landscape.