In the reading British Literature & History: The English Renaissance (1485-1650), which of the following best explains the conditions which led to the beginning of the English Renaissance?
Question 10 options:

a)

Elizabeth I’s defeat of the Spanish armada began a long celebration of English folkways and culture.

b)

The Protestant nations of northern Europe united to present a strong alternative to the strictures of Catholicism.

c)

A unified Britain and the partial disintegration of the Catholic Church freed up scholarship and inquiry into the human condition.

d)

The brilliance of William Shakespeare ended the Wars of the Roses and gave England a new cultural identity.