In what way did the printing press contribute to the spread of the renaissance movement?
a. it challenged commonly held beliefs about writing, art, and architecture.
b. it brought ideas to the masses that were previously restricted to the higher classes of society.
c. its movable type made renaissance literature easier for the common person to read.
d.
its carved wood letters made it easier to print the latin text found in most renaissance literature.

I think the answer is B. It brought ideas to the masses that were previously restricted to the higher classes of society.

The printing press help reaches the people and brought literacy among them. Books were too expensive and can only be bought by the elite. However, the printing press made it affordable to everyone. On the religious side, it also made the bible available to everyone and was translated from Latin into English, which makes the word of God understandable not only by priests.