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Why was religious skepticism a source of great concern to European political authorities during the early years of the Enlightenment? Why didn't political authorities embrace religious reform movements such as Jansenism? In your answer, consider the ways in which new genres such as travel writing could be used to raise questions about the assumed superiority of European Christian beliefs.


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