In the Year 1500,the Social and Economic Prospects of Europe

In the year 1500,the social and economic prospects of Europe were:

A) on the rise, spurred by thriving monastic orders and the influential reforms of conclavist thinkers.
B) on the rise, spurred by commercial expansion and a new religious enthusiasm among the laity.
C) on the decline, weakened by destabilized national monarchies and a falling population.
D) on the decline, weakened by a papacy with no support from the major European rulers.
E) relatively unchanged from the two prior centuries.