Question

by the late 1400s, people in certain cities in the italian peninsula became active in preserving and spreading humanist literature and ideas. the images in the map below show examples of how different cities contributed to this effort. look at the map. then answer the question below.

1. based on the information on the map, what kinds of people were best able to help spread and preserve humanist ideas during the renaissance?

41 poor, landless farmers
wealthy, important leaders
local townspeople

Explanation:

The map shows contributions from a rich merchant family, a powerful lord, a religious leader (a high-ranking, influential figure), and a skilled scholar supported by elite patronage. All these groups fall under wealthy, important leaders, who had the resources (money, influence, access to resources like printing presses, libraries) to preserve and spread humanist ideas. Poor landless farmers and local townspeople lacked such resources to take on these large-scale efforts.

Answer:

wealthy, important leaders