What Was One of the New Elements in Renaissance Italian

question 30

Multiple Choice

What was one of the new elements in Renaissance Italian city-state politics?

• A)The preference for using fear rather than piety as a basis of government.
• B)Using a professional army of mercenaries to control the peasants.
• C)The concept of an absolute monarchy who ruled with divine approval.
• D)The organized collection of taxes using government agents.
• E)The concept of a secular state that existed independently of both ruler and ruled.

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