Lorenzo de’ Medici’s preference for frottole sung in Italian, not Greek or Latin, reflects a larger cultural shift

a. toward the use of Italian as a universal language.
b. toward the use of the vernacular in works of art.
c. toward nationalism.
d. toward chauvinism and xenophobia.


Answer: b

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