What connection did renaissance thinkers want to make between the goths and the church by using the term gothic?

a. both were open to change and constantly keeping up with the times.
b. both were sacred institutions that should be respected.
c. both were backward and barbaric and should be feared.
d. both were influential in the formation of modern society

The connection the Renaissance thinkers want to make between the Goths and the church by using the term Gothic is option C. Both were backward and barbaric and should be feared.

One particular characteristic of gothic style of architecture is the use of vertical piers, buttresses, as well as pointed arches. They were backwards, barbaric, and fearful to many.

Gothic architecture is a style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages

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