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How the Reformation came about cannot be understood if we restrict ourselves to thinking of it as a religious movement. It was not due merely to ecclesiastical abuses or to popular superstitions—real as they were. It was also due to political and social changes for which the Church was and was not responsible.
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Smith, H.M. (1963). Political Changes. In: Pre-Reformation England. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00406-5_6
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