Q
Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in______________?
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A
A. The anglo-saxon conquest beginning in the 1450s.
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B
B. The peasant uprising of 1381.
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C
C. The dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s.
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D
D. The wave of contempt for manuscripts that followed the beginning of printing in 1476.
Correct Answer:
C. C. The dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s.
