Answer:
C. the demand for lighthearted entertainment.
Step-by-step explanation:
Often in humans history art, specially art cosumed by an audience survives according to what the people wants to consume, in the medieval times it was the first time that the artists started living from what the audience would pay them, so the people needed entertainment in a different way than they were used to, the biblical plays and historical performances, so romances became the most popular form of plays for the people that wanted to have a little fun and escape reality for a while.