After 1648, the Holy Roman Empire
A) became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees.
B) was not really and empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states.
C) became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia.
D) continued to acknowledge the temporal power of the pope.
E) was ruled by the Bourbons.

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After the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire became a loose confederation of about 300 separate German states, rather than a centralized monarchy.