Early novels were primarily Fictional and dealt with problems faced by Middle Class
members of society.
Explanation:
Novels are fast-paced narratives with varying applications of complexity in the frames and can introduce and remove characters during the process and chain different short stories that belong to the same long plot.
The first novels presented fictional histories and were serialized in newspapers in the so-called serials to be read by members of the middle class. While in short story the ideal is that only one situation is presented, developed and resolved, in the novel are different plots that unwrap in the course of the image with a large number of characters engaging and interacting, making history, time and space to move with actions.
A. because during the Crusades the Christian crusaders were exposed to new things such as silk and textiles from the east that they found interesting and it helped increase trade.
