The correct answer is A) they had split from the Catholic Church.
By 1530, several Europeans rulers had split from the Catholic Church.
We are talking about the period called the Reformation of the Church. The European Protest Reformation affected the way people understood, followed, and practiced the religious principles of Christianity across the European territory. It all started when Henry VIII, King of England split from the Catholic Church and the Roman Pope. In 1534, the Parliament declared Henry VIII "Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England."