The Reformation spread rapidly throughout Europe in large part because of A. the invention of the printing press and improvement
s in literacy. B. a vast road system criss-crossing Europe, which linked urban areas. C. improved hygiene and greater access to healthcare for the poor. D. the support of the pope as head of the Catholic Church.
The Reformation was able to be successful because the printing press, in effect, created a network of agitators who read and interacted with other thinkers on how the church needed to be changed.
