Question

The fusion of Protestantism and English nationalism was aided by

Question 20 options:

a)

the English victory over the Spanish Armada.


b)

England's victory in the Hundred Years' War.


c)

the death of Elizabeth I.


d)

Mary's religious reforms.


e)

the ascension of James I to the throne.

Answer 1

a) the English victory over the Spanish Armada.

The 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada was widely seen as a providential deliverance of Protestant England from Catholic Spain, strengthening the link between Protestantism and English national identity.