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The Catholic Church before the Renaissance was best known for which practice?
AFunding scientific research
BPromoting trade with Asia
CControlling free thought and individual life
DSupporting universal education as per the chapter
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Controlling free thought and individual life
1. The Catholic Church section discusses pre-Renaissance Church power.
2. The text says it 'controlled the religious life of people but also controlled the individual life'.
3. It put restrictions on free thinking and sentenced dissenters to death.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII History, Ch 1 "Renaissance in Europe and Development of Science", §1.2 ¶6_
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