Select the correct answer. how did powerful families such as the medici and the sforza spread renaissance ideas? a. they provided financial support to young artists and writers. b. they educated the poor children living in their own city-states. c. they constructed schools and colleges to teach the humanities. d. they borrowed money from banks to invite foreign artists to italy. e. they promoted contemporary works over religious works.

A. They provided financial support to young artists and writers.

Explanation:

The Medici or Médicis were a powerful and influential family of the Renaissance in Florence among whose members stood out three popes, Leo X, Clement VII, and Leo XI; two queens of France Catherine de Médici and María de Médici; in addition to numerous Florentine leaders, members of the royal houses of France and England and who excelled by being a patron, sponsoring artists and scientists of their time. They were characterized by spreading the ideals of rebirth from their place of power. The surname Sforza derives from the nickname of its founder, Muzio Attendolo (Cotignola, 1369 - near Ravenna, 1424), a captain of the Romagna at the service of the Angevin kings of Naples, called Sforza (fort) for his dexterity. It was the dynasty of the Italian condottieri who had better luck. The first Italian despot of the Sforza dynasty in Milan was Francesco Sforza, who was previously captain of the forces of Filippo Maria Visconti, whom he replaced in 1450. He was the son of the famous condottier Muzio Attendolo Sforza, who was the founder of the lineage. Its mandate is characterized as a period of great stability and general prosperity. His numerous merits, on which his government was based, gave him great popularity and love of the people; the Milanese used to say that it was an honor to be governed by such a distinguished despot. Francesco ruled until 1466, when his son Galeazo Maria Sforza replaced him. This one, although subject to whims (as frequent acts of cruelty towards his acquaintances), settled his power in the economic freedom that he possessed, in the hunt, and in the distinguished people that surrounded him, as well as in his physique. The people did not like him, and as a consequence, they killed him. As successor of Galeazo came Ludovico "il Moro" Sforza, fifth son of Francesco Sforza. His political genius won him the reverence of the Italian people; He held power until 1499, when he fled before the combined forces of Cesare Borgia and Louis XII of France.