Question

Which does not explain how Renaissance ideas spread beyond Italy?

a. When Italian art patrons fell on hard times, they sold most of their precious artwork to pay their debts.
b. Merchants and scholars exported classical Greek and Latin texts printed in Venice and contemporary works such as Machiavelli's The Prince and Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier.
c. Italian merchants traveled all over Europe, carrying with them luxury goods, printed classical Greek and Latin texts, as well as modern printed works and Italian artwork. >>>>>
d. When foreign armies invaded Italy, they took Italian artwork and ideas home.

Answer 1

The most likely answer here would be D - when foreign armies invaded Italy, they took Italian artwork and ideas home. The reason why this is the correct answer of how the Renaissance did NOT spread beyond Italy is because all of the other answers that are presented here were ways how it DID spread.