What was the relationship between religion and politics in sixteenth-century Europe?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Religion and politics were inextricably linked.
b. In Spain, political unity was followed by religious unity as the Spanish monarchs sought to expel the Moors and Jews who did not convert to Christianity.
c. In Britain and France, wars of religion were driven by political agendas.
d. After the Protestant Reformation, the religion of a country generally followed the religion of the ruler.
e. For example, when Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church and established the Church of England, the entire country became Protestant.
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