Answer:
The correct answer is D. Voltaire was an outspoken critic in regards to the perceived tyranny of church and state.
Explanation:
Voltaire was a French philosopher and writer. He is one of the most read and influential enlightenment authors.
As a poet, playwright and epic, he wrote primarily for the French educated bourgeoisie; as a narrator and philosopher for the entire European upper class in the Age of Enlightenment, whose members usually mastered the French language and read some of the original French-language works. Many of his works went through several editions in rapid succession and were often translated immediately into other European languages.
With his criticism of the abuses of absolutism and feudal rule and the ideological monopoly of the Catholic Church, Voltaire was a pioneer of the Enlightenment and an important pioneer of the French Revolution.
