The Cradle of the Renaissance

a social class made up of wealthy and powerful merchants

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a person who gives money or other support to someone, such as an artist

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something that is inherited by one person or group from an older person or group

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income

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the state of being made to live outside of a place as a form of punishment

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a high-ranking religious leader in the Catholic Church

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unlikely to go through changes

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The name of the river along which Florence is located.

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 Members of the merchant class became patrons of the arts in the city of (a)   .

Members of the merchant class were wealthy because of trade and commerce and were then able to buy (a)   as patrons.