Most protections of the Bill of Rights applied to state governments.
IT was the center of learning and knowledge, with Greek texts being discovered and imported by Arab scholars. Further, people like the Medici, who sponsored many artists during the Renaissance, were very wealthy, and able to pay people for works of art that they wanted commissioned.
Guid books because they didn't have anyone to hand them the books and also people don't waste their time on books they are out there for gold