The Ideal of Early Fifteenth Century Humanists Was to

question 1

Multiple Choice

The ideal of early fifteenth century Humanists was to

• A) reject religion and the Church.
• B) serve the state.
• C) abandon history and the past.
• D) work only for the most powerful states.
• E) establish political democracies throughout Europe.

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