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...didn't the reformation occur at the same time as the Renaissance, with the combined effects of a new flowering of knowledge and improved economics?
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All depends on who you talk to and - much like the arguments over the Founding Fathers and original intent - far more complex.
See section 5 - Historiography - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaiss...r_Renaissances
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That seems as if it would be difficult to trigger.
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Maybe...maybe not - depending upon whether you are talking about the myth of the so-called Renaissance or the reality of the time period(s) then and now.
And so it goes...
Richard 
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