<span> the invention of the printing </span><span> itself and social changes in England I would say these two events contributed to the popularity of the novel and especially in the Renaissance when printing developed first (invented by Gutenberg in about 1440) and allowed for the widespread disseminatirialon of literature and when social change was going on with the transition from feudalism to capitalism and then again in the Industrial Revolution when sweeping social change took place in socialized production, for example. </span>
Born in Moscow, Russia on June 9, 1672, Peter the Great was a Russian czar in the late 17th century who is best known for his extensive reforms in an attempt to establish Russia as a great nation.