Enlightenment#2

Enlightenment ideas were very slow to spread throughout Europe for many reasons. A major factor of this was the church. The church was not fond of new enlightenment ideas because they opposed of previous ideas of religion. The church had a huge influence on citizens and urged people not to listen to these ideas. They also burned books of enlightenment which kept people from learning about these new ideas. Another major factor that kept these ideas at bay was the lack in modern technology. Today emails, txt messages and phone calls can be made in an instant to communicate with others across the world. But in those times communicating had to be done in person or through letters that took weeks to receive.