The “dissolution of the monasteries” referred to
A) the lax condition of English monks.
B) the law forbidding priests to marry.
C) the law forbidding appeal to the pope.
D) the granting of monastic lands to the peasantry.
E) the seizure of monastic lands and chapels by the king.
Ans: E
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