How did the Renaissance contribute to the Reformation?

Answer 1

By encouraging people to question old ideas like that the world was flat etc. By 1600 most recognised the world was round though the Church didn't and continued trying people like Galileo for heresy. These revelations showed the old order to be incorrect on certain issues and encouraged a wider questioning of the tenets of the Catholic Church helping culminate in the Reformation.

Answer 2

The Renaissance encouraged careful attention to old texts in Latin and Greek; this eventually contributed to the Reformation desire to strip away Catholic practices and concentrate on the core of religious belief expressed in the Bible. The Renaissance also encouraged individualism, and this may have influenced the Reformation focus on the individual believer (as opposed to the medieval focus on institutions and hierarchies.)