Question

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about the influence of the print media on politics in Europe during the fifteenth century?

• A. Unconditional subservience prevailed towards state and the church.
• B. People became unreasonable and irrational.
• C. New ideas of social revolution emerged.
• D. Re-evaluation of the values, norms, and institutions.

Answer 1

Answer: (C), (D)

Re-evaluation of the values, norms, and institutions.

The public who had recognised the need to question existing ideas and beliefs began re-evaluating the values, norms, and institutions. A new culture of dialogue and debate rose giving rise to the ideas of social revolution. The print media urged people to only heed to reason and rationality as opposed to the unconditional subservience to the church and the state.