It can be convincingly argued that the Reformation could not have occurred without the invention 80 years earlier of the printing press with which to spread knowledge and opinions. It would be less direct to argue that the printing press caused the Reformation, but you can make a case for it.
It is obvious that the Reformation would not have occurred at all if the Roman Church had been free of the various corrupt practices which Martin Luther highlighted, or had dealt with them promptly, so its persistence in its corruption was certainly a cause of the Reformation.
The religious effects of the Reformation are quite well enough known. One of the political effects was that all over Northern Europe, there arose independent monarchies and principalities,
It is obvious that the Reformation would not have occurred at all if the Roman Church had been free of the various corrupt practices which Martin Luther highlighted, or had dealt with them promptly, so its persistence in its corruption was certainly a cause of the Reformation.
The religious effects of the Reformation are quite well enough known. One of the political effects was that all over Northern Europe, there arose independent monarchies and principalities,