Answer:
Option B, a substantial increase in religious toleration, is the right answer.
Step-by-step explanation:
In Europe, throughout the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation was a movement that posed a political and religious challenge to the authority of the Roman Catholic Church and papal authority. In central and Northern Europe, reformers including, John Calvin, Martin Luther and Henry VIII suspected papal prestige and challenged the ability of the Catholic Church to explain Christian tradition.
They were challenging the authority for redistribution of power (both religious and political) into the control of Bible- and pamphlet-reading priests and monarchs.
This resulted in various religious wars throughout Europe, oppression and the Counter-Reformation, the delayed and vigorous response of the Catholic Church to the Protestants