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

question 29

Multiple Choice

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

• A)free cities possessed enough military power to ignore the dictates of local princes and the Holy Roman Emperor.
• B)Lutherans supported the construction of new monasteries,which enhanced the wealth and prestige of the merchant class.
• C)town councils and guild masters could use reforms as a way to oppose local aristocrats and bishops.
• 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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