There have been a number of critical breaks in civilizations
             throughout history. It is important to look at the English Reformation
             which resulted when England broke away from Rome.
             The English Reformation began when "Henry VIII summoned the
             Reformation Parliament in 1529 (www.st-petersweb.org/lesson13.html)." The
             Reformation occurred due the "new learning - humanism. Eramus of Rotterdam
             was one of the leaders, but he praised John Colet, who had returned to
             England from Italy in 1497, bringing the Renaissance with him (www.st-
             petersweb.org/lesson13.html)." Thomas More, along with Colet and Eramus,
             revived learning which resulted in criticism of the church. The printing
             press was invented during this time, which "enabled Luther to stay put in
             Germany and yet spread his ideas throughout Europe (www.st-
             During this time, there was a "new piety that emphasized the poverty
             and humility of Christ and tended to see the institutional church as a
             betrayal of the Gospel (www.st-petersweb.org/lesson13.html)." These
             factors resulted in the institutional church becoming undermined.
             After England broke from Rome, there were religious, economic and
             political changes. These changes included the "appearance of an entirely
             new group of highly literate Protestants, whose attitudes, behavior and
             religion differed starkly from the traditional norms of late medieval
             England (MacCulloch)." The "political theory of the divine right of kings
             further enhanced the importance of monarchs
             (mywebpages.comcast.net/hzee/webpage/wc2_a.htm)." The economy grew worse
             and in the 1590s, the state was on the verge of bankruptcy. The queen
             "sold off royal lands worth thousands of pounds and ran up huge debts at
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