The French nobles most often spent their money on homes and decorations for those homes. They also built fortifications to protect those homes.
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One who supported the arts. These included Lorenzo De Medici and the Borgia. Art was one of the elements that fueled the renaissance. Patrons could spend this money because they didn't need to spend money supporting wars and building armies.
Woven pictures hung on the walls in the homes of nobles were called tapestries.
Diego Velazquez
The Renaissance is the time you are asking about.
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