... any government official. The church would have been the most substantial building in the village, apart from perhaps the manor house, and so would have been an imposing presence to all who lived near it. At the top of the church there lay the splendour and power of the church in Rome. In the renaissance, many people, biblical humanists, philosophers and monks, began to think about the state of the church and whether it should be changed. This led to a great surge of activity which spawned many changes in the religious activities of the 16th Century. The first real religious developments that were introduced in this period, were perpetrated by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. For 250 Spain had been the host to three different religions; Catholicism, Judaism and Islam. These three religions had coexisted since long before the Catholic Kings came to the throne, in a condition known as ...

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