Module 1AGE OF TRANSITIONSIn the 15th and 16th centuries, Europe experienced anintellectual and economic revival. This intellectual revival isconventionally called the Renaissance. Revolutions in the field ofcommerce, agriculture and industries led to economic revival. The"wheels of commerce", as explained by Fernand Braodel, spunfaster than ever before. The geographical discoveries integratedEurope into a world economic system. New way of organizationin agriculture and industries increased production. New social andcultural values were diffused through renaissance and reformationInventions and discoveries in the field of science and technologsstirred the everyday life of Europeans. The middle age marked itsend and Europe entered into the modern age. It was during thisperiod that the European culture expanded throughout the worldThe period witnessed revolutionary changes in the life ofEuropeans. In England the period of transition was begun duringthe Tudor rule. The transition in England was marked by manysocial, political, intellectual and cultural movementsAnglican ReformationThe Anglican Reformation was a series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke awayfrom the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catbolic ChurchThese events were partly associated with the ProtestantReformation of Europe. The Protestant Reformation was thereligious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval took placein the 16 century that splintered Catholic Europe. The movemen​