Why Was Religious Skepticism a Source of Great Concern to European

question 25

Essay

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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Variable

A variable is an attribute that can take on various values among different individuals or across different times or places.

Confidence Level

The probability that a parameter will fall between two values for a specified proportion of times.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the true population parameter with a specified level of confidence.

Precision

The consistency of outcomes given by multiple measurements in the same conditions without any variation.