Although the Late Medieval Period Has Been Described as an Age

Although the late medieval period has been described as an Age of Anxiety,

A) its skepticism and self-doubt helped give rise to the Italian Renaissance.
B) Eustache Deschamps rejected such pessimism.
C) strong papal leadership overcame Europe's problems.
D) only the elite were affected by Europe's problems.
E) writers were clearly overstating Europe's problems.