As expertise grows, many more specialties with their own terms develop. Role of Merchants are greater in number. Trade is large and growing. Wealth is Commerce growing. Expanded trade promotes expanded manufacturing and world wide merchandizing.
Merchants demand more from education.
Their sons need a more vigorous, and technically excellent education. Wealthy merchants finance the founding of more and more Universities, which are out of the control of the church. In response, the Church reinvigorates its Universities. Merchants expand libraries making access to knowledge a possibility for more and more people. Role of Expanded trade pours taxes into Government treasuries.