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Why were the people of Germany in the early sixteenth century prepared to undermine the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church?
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History Essay Question: why were the people of Germany in the early sixteenth century prepared to undermine the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church? Germany in the eve of the reformation was a very different place to what we recognise it to be today. It was a collective of states each ruled by a prince. Although a minority of people became wealthy due to new trade routes, mining and supply of weaponry, many of the peasants and farmers remained poor. In some instances serfdom still existed and there were regular uprising against voracious land owners. As the princes of the various stated such as Saxony and Wittenberg had no central government to rule Germany each state acted as if they were small countries, building cities and castles. The Roman Catholic emperor took advantage of the instability of the German people. As there were no central government he could do as he liked...
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