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In addition to patronage, merchant families during the Renaissance began to

educate their sons.
practice new religions.
establish new businesses.
hide their wealth.

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educate their sons.

Merchant families like the Medicis used patronage of the arts and learning and also invested in humanist education for their sons to prepare them for leadership in commerce, banking, and civic life.