Which does not explain how Renaissance ideas spread beyond Italy?
A.
When foreign armies invaded Italy, they took Italian artwork and ideas home.
B. Merchants and scholars exported classical Greek and Latin texts printed in Venice and contemporary works such as Machiavelli’s The Prince and Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier.
C. Italian merchants traveled all over Europe, carrying with them luxury goods, printed classical Greek and Latin texts, as well as modern printed works and Italian artwork.

Question

Which does not explain how Renaissance ideas spread beyond Italy?
   A. 
  When foreign armies invaded Italy, they took Italian artwork and ideas home.   
  B. Merchants and scholars exported classical Greek and Latin texts printed in Venice and contemporary works such as Machiavelli’s The Prince and Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier.
C.  Italian merchants traveled all over Europe, carrying with them luxury goods, printed classical Greek and Latin texts, as well as modern printed works and Italian artwork.

anonymous · Answer

I forgot
D. when Italian patrons fell on hard times, they sold most of their precious artwork to pay their debts