Which statement best describes marriage in Renaissance Italy?
a. Young men asked women for their hand in marriage, after a lengthy courtship.
b. Husbands were generally the same age as their spouses.
c. Parents usually arranged marriages for their children to strengthen alliances.
d. Men and women waited longer to get married than in the Middle Ages.
e. Men and women married earlier than in the Middle Ages because of increased economic opportunities.
c
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The _____ were Protestant leaders who supported evangelism, the new methods of prayer, and equality before Christ during the Great Awakening
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A. banned slavery during its early existence. B. had great ethnic and religious diversity. C. quickly developed a strong local government. D. developed an important class of large landowners. E. was characterized by a unified and generally peaceful society.