Solution:
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).During the phase of Reformation new liberal ideas were instilled and so the print culture was a boon. With the immediate influx of the new print culture, people of the working class groups also got inclined toward reading. This led to the selling of 5000 copies of the New Testament which was translated by Martin Luther. Menocchio, a miller by profession, resided in Italy. He read whatever texts were available locally and interpreted the Bible in such a way that the Church got so angered that he was executed. From that time, new laws were imposed on the reading of texts. The literacy rates also went up in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, but it was due to the increase in various educational institutions being introduced by various religious denominations.
