Assertion: There were political causes of the Protestant Reformation.
Proof 1: Powerful monarchs challenged the church as the supreme power in England
Proof 2: May leaders viewed the pope as a foreign ruler and challenged his authority.
Proof 3:
Assertion: There were social causes of the Protestant Reformation.
Proof 1: The Renaissance values of humanism ad secularism led people to question the church.
Proof 2: The printing press helped to spread ideas critical of the church.
Proof 3:
Assertion: There were economic causes of the Protestant Reformation.
Proof 1: European princes and kings were jealous of the church’s wealth
Proof 2: Merchants and others resented having to pay taxes to the church.
Proof 3: