Enlightenment

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For centuries before the Enlightenment, the Roman Catholic Church was a dominant force in society. Religion was such a huge factor of many people’s lives at this point in time. Christianity was such a dominant force in Europe at this time that it was basically controlling everyone’s lives. People believed that by accepting all of the hardships there were in life, and devoting themselves to God, they could expect a better afterlife. For every question that anyone ever had in the time period right before the Enlightenment, they would always turn to God for an answer. This would all soon change though when people would start looking at themselves for answers.
For a while, Christianity and the church played a significant role in European society. There were strict rules that went along with religion and the church that could not be defied by the people or they would be defying the greatest power, which was seen as God. One of the men who had an impact on the church at this time was Martin Luther. Martin Luther, was a well-known person in this revolution. He wrote t...