Aside from Religious Motivations,many Free Cities in the Holy Roman

Multiple Choice

Aside from religious motivations,many free cities in the Holy Roman Empire found Lutheranism appealing because:

A) free cities possessed enough military power to ignore the dictates of local princes and the Holy Roman Emperor.
B) Lutherans supported the construction of new monasteries,which enhanced the wealth and prestige of the merchant class.
C) town councils and guild masters could use reforms as a way to oppose local aristocrats and bishops.
D) Catholic dogma had never been too appealing to educated urban elites.
E) Lutheranism taught the same basic beliefs as the merchants of the free cities did in their guilds.