After the Council of Constance,the papacy entered into a series of agreements with national monarchies called concordats.The result of these concordats was:
A)a centralization of religious authority in the papacy.
B)the increasing wealth of the papacy.
C)the monarchs' promise not to interfere with the election of bishops.
D)the granting of extensive authority to monarchs over the churches in their domain.
E)the promise that monarchs would have the right to tax church lands.

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The concordats resulted in the granting of extensive authority to monarchs over the churches in their domain. This meant that monarchs had more control over the appointments of bishops and the running of the church within their territories. It was a way for the papacy to maintain some level of control and influence over the church while also giving in to the demands and power of the monarchies.

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