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How did the papacy behave during the High Renaissance?
a.
They lived like princes.
b.
They lived a modest lifestyle, with few material items.

c.
They controlled everything.
d.
all of the above

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a. They lived like princes.

During the High Renaissance the popes were often worldly, politically active, and lavish patrons of art and architecture (e.g., Alexander VI, Julius II, Leo X), behaving more like princely rulers than modest clerics.