A historian argues that print runs and translation patterns of early modern scientific works reveal that many ideas now associated with one country were in fact rapidly absorbed and developed across Europe.
Which finding, if true, would most strongly support the historian's argument?
- A
Early modern Europe contained many independent states.
- Bcheck_circle
Bibliographic records show that several major scientific treatises were translated into multiple languages and reprinted across European cities within a decade of their original publication.
- C
Some scholars wrote in Latin to reach broader audiences.
- D
Printing technology spread across Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Explanation
A documents the rapid translation and reprinting that demonstrates pan-European absorption of these ideas. B, C, and D are general background.