Topic 10

In what ways did the scientific method differ from earlier approaches to learning?

In what ways did Anabaptist sects differ from other Protestant sects?

Which factors led to the formation of the Church of England?

What were some specific results from the Catholic Reformation?

What were some important artistic themes in the Northern European Renaissance?

What Renaissance themes are shown in Shakespeare's works?

Why was it hard for the general public to access books before the printing press?

How did the Reformation help spur the Scientific Revolution?

astronomer who concluded that the sun is the center of the universe around which Earth and the other planets revolve. This contradicted the religious and scientific belief that Earth was the center of the universe.

• Nicolaus

  Copernicus

• Heliocentric

• Galileo Galilei

• Scientific Method

based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe

• Scientific

  Method

• Heliocentric

• Galileo