The Reputation of the Papacy in the Renaissance Suffered,in Part,because

question 58

Multiple Choice

The reputation of the papacy in the Renaissance suffered,in part,because:

• A) popes engaged in unseemly contests of power with other Italian rulers.
• B) popes in this period often withdrew from their position to join monasteries.
• C) the wealth the church had possessed in the Middle Ages declined rapidly.
• D) the papacy refused to allow Christian scholars to read classical texts.
• E) the papacy continued to lose territory belonging to the papal states.

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