Humanism spread to Western Europe during the 14th-16th centuries, concurrent with the Renaissance time period. Before this philosophy emerged, many people had been patrons of the common structure of prevalent church life. The outline for citizens compiled by the church was that acquiring personal wealth and participating in worldly affairs was ineligible. Humanism however, introduced a new view of life for commoners. It taught that one could have interest in worldly affairs and the ideas of limited education and moral behavior. They thought that wealth allowed people to perform noble deeds to perform considerate behavior. Education was encouraged along with morality which was viewed in relation to society than spirituality as the church taught.