France, under the rule of Philip II, can best be described as
A. an increasingly centralized state run by educated bureaucrats.
B. a monarchy plagued by constant debt and shortages of revenue.
C. a highly decentralized state in which the monarch held little more power than the French nobility.
D. a monarchy subject to the will and authority of the pope.
Answer: A
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a. true b. false
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