Question

Trade spread the Italian Renaissance across Europe by

helping merchants become patrons.
helping monarchs become artists.
helping merchants become politicians.
helping artists become patrons

Answer 1

A) Helping merchants become patrons

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The answer is helping merchants become patrons.
Patrons refers to The person or institution that give financial support to a certain cause or artist.
Because of patrons, the artists in the renaissance period could solely focus themselves on creating their artwork without having to worry about meeting ends meet, and accelerate the spread of the renaissance culture.