The Following Is an Excerpt from a Poem by the French

question 17

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The following is an excerpt from a poem by the French troubadour Raimon de Cornet written in the 1330s: "Our bishops, too, are plunged in similar sin [to that of the pope],
For pitilessly they flay the very skin
From all their priests who chance to have fat livings.
For gold their seal official you can win
To any writ, no matter what's therein.
Sure God alone can make them stop their thievings."
Which of the following claims did Cornet make in this passage?

• A)That the French people had forgotten their Christian duties
• B)That God had forsaken France
• C)That church officials could be bribed to ignore their spiritual and moral obligations
• D)That church officials had made a formal pact with the Devil

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