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Renaissance art is marked by a gradual shift from the abstract forms of the medieval era to the representational forms of around the 15th or 16th century. It has mostly evolved from from biblical religious meanings to portraits, historical relevant episodes/historic paintings.
Maybe it means that there’s a difference between how much land they own or something. It says there was a difference between the amount of land they occupied and the amount of land they couldn’t control. So maybe they didn’t own/have a lot of land but there was a lot of land they couldn’t get to/take over etc. or maybe this situation could be vice versa so they have a ton of land but only a little isn’t “controlled” let me know if this helps sorry if it’s confusing I’m just guessing based on the context clues :)
Religious thinkers began to question the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
Greece is governed as a republic parliamentary system and is a constitutional republic
