Britain’s break with Rome and curbed nobility enabled its imperial rise.
Evidence
The Protestant Reformation enabled the Crown to declare supreme authority and to reject the power of the Catholic Church and its representative clergy in Britain. The Tudor monarchy (1485–1603) also curtailed the military and political power of the nobility. As economic historian David McNally notes, these and other measures put it on track to becoming an empire that would rise to prominence. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 145
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships