When the Protestant Reformation ended and the Age of Enlightenment began, which European country was still a Catholic state?
Explanation
Answer: D - When the Protestant Reformation ended and the Age of Enlightenment began France was still a Catholic state. Though Protestantism gained a following in France during the 16th century (among the Huguenots) and even received state tolerance following the Edict of Nantes (1598), the social strife caused by competing faiths caused upheaval. In 1685, civil tolerance of Protestantism was revoked, and the Huguenots were forced to flee France, which ultimately remained a Catholic state until the French Revolution a little more than a century later. Though the Age of Enlightenment was centered in France and associated with a de-emphasis on conservative religious dogma, France itself remained aligned with the more conservative religious institution.
