France Benefited Significantly from Commercial and Industrial Expansion, but It

France benefited significantly from commercial and industrial expansion, but it fell behind the English mainly because

A) continuous wars sapped its economic resources.
B) guilds remained stronger, and the nobility were more contemptuous of commerce.
C) as a land power, France had fewer commercial opportunities.
D) France remained Catholic.
E) France experienced a bloody civil war between king and the parlements.