Aside from Religious Motivations,many Free Cities in the Holy Roman

question 64

Multiple Choice

Aside from religious motivations,many free cities in the Holy Roman Empire found Lutheranism appealing because:

• A) it tied them directly to the pope, rather than to local bishops and lords.
• B) Lutherans supported the construction of new monasteries, which enhanced the wealth and prestige of the merchant class.
• C) town councils could use Lutheran ideals as a way to oppose local bishops and monasteries and to appropriate Church property.
• D) Catholic dogma had never been too appealing to educated urban elites.
• E) Lutheranism taught the same basic beliefs as the merchants of the free cities did in their guilds.

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