Changes In Europe After The Reformation

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In the seventieth and eighteenth centuries, Europe went through a major transition from a medieval based society to a modern society. In two centuries, society went from feudalism where the political and economic power was centered around the church and the local nobility, to a modern state system where the government centralized and was able to provide for the people of the state. This drastic change can be attributed to a change in religious views and after the Reformation, the Enlightenment following the religious changes, and the move to a more efficient political system, often under a centralized government. The widest sweeping changes in Europe came after the Reformation. The Reformation is the term used to refer to the major religious