1. Why was Florence considered the preeminent Italian city-state of the fifteenth century?

a. Florence was home to the Medicis, a wealthy and powerful family who supported the city's guilds and artists and influenced the city's politics.
b. Florence was a premier city for religious response to social unrest.
c. Florence was known for ceramics and pottery, a growing industry with merchants of the rising middle class.
d. Florence was favored by Pope Eugenius IV, who conducted ordinations in St. Mark's Square.


Answer: a

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