Which statements about why the renaissance began in the italian city-states are true? choose all answers that are correct. a. political stability under the popes allowed italian artists to experiment with new, nonreligious ideas. b. wealthy italians financed art, architecture, and learning. c. italy's central location had allowed its merchants to stay in contact with traders and ideas from other places. d. italy's central government funded universities and museums where people gathered to share ideas.

The correct answers are B) Wealthy Italians financed art, architecture, and learning. C) Italy's central location had allowed its merchants to stay in contact with traders and ideas from other places.

The statements about why the Renaissance began in the Italian city-states are true are the following: Wealthy Italians financed art, architecture, and learning and Italy's central location had allowed its merchants to stay in contact with traders and ideas from other places.

Since the end of the 14th century, beginning of the 15th century, Italian artists and thinkers renovated the world of art, literature, sculpture, and architecture, in total opposition to the obscures ideas and times of the Middle Ages. Italy in those years was formed by city-states controlled by rich families such as de Medici, supported artists and painters to do pieces of work that embellished their cities. The location of these cities and their cultural influence made Italy the capital of the Renaissance.