The Growth of Power Claims Based on Classical Models,including Patronage

Multiple Choice

The growth of power claims based on classical models,including patronage of the arts,occurred in Renaissance Italy due to the:

A) admiration Renaissance Italians had for the Emperor Nero.
B) rediscovery and subsequent popularity of Suetonius's Lives of the Caesars.
C) relative weakness of the Church,which no longer provided an alternate model.
D) relative weakness of the Holy Roman Emperor,which no longer provided an alternate model.
E) rediscovery and subsequent popularity of Aristotle's Politics.