Question

One of the economic factors which led to the Reformation is that the monarchs thought they should control church properties. True False

Answer 1

True. In the sixteenth century, Monarchs were angry with  the figure of the Church, which went through a delicate period. The national spirit was strategically exploited by princes and monarchs, committed to increase their status, and their eyes returned to the great patrimony of the Church, which aroused ambition of the nobles, eager to held rich properties. Not to mention the exemption from taxes on the ecclesiastical subject, which increased their interest.