 The Luther family enjoyed enough income and social status that it was possible for Hans to envision a university education and career as a lawyer for his son.The 14th century had also produced upheaval in the Roman Catholic Church with the resolution of the Western Schism in the early part of the century, the controversies surrounding the papacies of the Renaissance era and new pressures brought by the invasions of Christendom by the burgeoning Ottoman Empire.The spread of books and higher education had an obvious impact on the Lutheran reformers.