To begin with, reformation of the Catholic church started in fifteenth century by the following people who were taken as the forerunners ;John Huss of Bohemia, John WY cliff of England, Girolomo of Italy and Desiderius Erasmas. ... Lastly, renaissance also contributed much to the reformation of the Catholic Church in a number of ways. Firstly, renaissance refers to the renewal of interest throughout Europe in the literature, philosophy and art of Greece and Rome. ... At the beginning of renaissance, people's attitudes, thinking and actions were no longer influential by the church. ... H...

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The movement spread across Europe and supporters of it faced violent persecution in areas such as France and the Italian Kingdoms, which were strictly Catholic. ... The Papacy controlled so much wealth during the Renaissance that popes were "held up as heroes of art and splendor, and as the very model and definition of corruption.... Under the light of the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation started a series of movements that will later on define modern Europe: the Scientific Revolution, the Age of Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution Modern Europe, and even the modern world, woul...

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In Renaissance Italy when succession among royalty was the form of government, the Catholic Church more specifically the manner in which the Holy Roman Pontiff was chosen mirrored that of royalty as seen through the succession of the House of Borgias becoming the Holy Pope. ...

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