They served both sides, sometimes it just depended on whose land was where.
It kept critics and dissenters away from the main population by imprisoning them in remote labor camps. Usually they were executed if they showed to be too much of a threat
Medici was a known prominent of great wealth and abundance between 13th to 15th century in Italy, and even in the whole Europe during Renaissance. Giovanni Medici's son Cosimo Medici, governed Italy for 3 decades importing more riches to the family. The political writings of Niccolo Machiavelli "Machiavellianism" contributed to their wealth.
The answer is B.)Vulnerable nobility trying to protect its privileges. on Edgenu!ty it is B
Astronomers wanted to name the planet a name so with uranuas they named it after the "Greek god of the sky" and neptune was "the god of the sea."