Quote:
Originally Posted by Ironduke
The rulers in northern Europe had much less to gain by following the Papacy's edicts... they were already quite lax in enforcing Church doctrine, and their distance from Rome and Papal-aligned states is one factor that helped catalyze the introduction and success of the Protestant Reformation.
|
I'm confused on how exactly the geography is a big force for change. The distance makes the areas less intergrated into Rome and thus less vulnerable to "cultural imperialism" and less susceptible to military interventions, I assume?