A Historian's Explanation of the Failure of the Reformation to Take

question 84

Multiple Choice

A historian's explanation of the failure of the Reformation to take hold in Italy and Spain would be

• A)the Catholic church was not as corrupt in those countries as it was north of the Alps.
• B)God has clearly predestined the Italians and Spaniards to damnation.
• C)the Catholic church effectively eliminated the Reformation in those countries.
• D)the culture of Protestantism only appealed to Germanic peoples.
• E)the Reformation is associated with the growth of capitalism, and capitalism was very weak in Italy and Spain.