The world of wealth and material richness of the fifteenth-century Duke of Berry, as captured by the artistry of the Limbourg brothers, coincided with
a) the decline of feudalism and beginnings of the middle class.
b) tax relief for peasants in his lands, increasing their loyalty to him.
c) extreme deprivation for peasants and widespread starvation in the Duke’s lands.
d) prohibitions against the secular tradition of étrennes by the Church.
Answer: a
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