To what error or issue in medieval writing were humanists especially sensitive?
A) anachronisms: errors and inconsistencies that demonstrated that content was chronologically incongruous with its supposed author or its supposed time
B) hyperbole: extravagant exaggerations
C) excessive emotion: an emphasis on subjectivity instead of objectivity
D) fantasy: an emphasis on legends or mythical characters
E) triumphalism: the presentation of an era as superior to any previous era
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