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How did the Renaissance affect the power of independent monarchs?

It increased their power.
It sparked a movement to outlaw monarchies.
It sparked a movement to make all monarchs independent.
It decreased their power.

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It increased their power.

Renaissance ideas and economic changes helped centralize authority: monarchs used humanist ideals, improved administration, taxation, standing armies, and patronage of the arts to weaken feudal nobles and strengthen royal control.