D. As a symbol of loyalty, nobles were given the choice of either military service or paying fee.
Other than freeing Spain and Portugal from the Moors, the Christian population largely increased. This is due to the fact that the Muslims in Spain were exiled or killed. This resulted to the dominance and preservation of Christianity in the region.
Because it challenged what people thought was true at the time and it scared them. Those in authority at the time wanted to silence anyone that supported change. A prime example of this was the persecution of Gelileo because he supported the idea of the Heliocentric Theory, or the theory that the sun is the center of the solar system rather than the Earth being the center.