One of the leaders of the reformation, john calvin, was particularly influenced by the renaissance philosophy of humanism. why were so many europeans willing to accept this new way of looking at life during isth and 16th centuries?

letter d is correct.

the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

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it foreshadows the theme of the paragraph and hints the topic that will be discussed in the paragraph!