Pope Alexander III's maneuvering before becoming pope helped in his struggles with Frederick I Barbarossa because it __________.
A. ensured the fealty of the German duchies
B. meant he could count on the support of Sicily
C. arranged the neutrality of the Cluny monasteries
D. removed the divine right of the Hohenstaufen line
Answer: B
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