How did most monarchies use religion to strengthen their state?
a. Most confiscated Church property to finance their growing armies and administration.
b. Most attempted to make religion one of the forces uniting their subjects into a nation.
c. By separating church and state, monarchies enabled people of different religious beliefs to all pledge allegiance to the same king.
d. Through prayer, kings were able to overcome their enemies.
e. Most presented the state as an alternative to the divisiveness of religion.
b
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A) Sweden B) the Ottoman Empire C) England D) Russia E) Venice