The economy was not doing well, soldiers were coming home with horrible PTSD and after-shock, the great depression was going on, etc. :)
Martin Luther gained religious enlightenment through his studies and believed that the church was getting in the way of peoples relationship with god and believed it was not for the church to tax people in return for their sins being forgiven he wrote the 95 Theses to complain about the wrong things the church was doing and nailed it to church doors in Germany he was part of the reformation which is one thing that lead to the enlightenment by weakening the churches power
Animal skins and stone tablets
