By the observations and what they saw in the world around them
1300-1650
Lutheran, Reformed, Church of England, Anabaptist
The treaty of Tordesillas, with the Pope approved in 1494, created an imaginary boundary that divided the world between East and West. Which two countries did this treaty divide the world between and which side was each country allowed to explore and claim land?
Reformation
1517-1648
Heliocentrism, the sun is the center of the universe rather than the earth
They understood that while science, observation, and discovery could tell one how things work, they never lost site that this didn't answer why thing were the way they were. Only their faith could answer this.
1450-1600
October 31, 1517. This event jump started the Protestant Reformation which led to a significant break of Protestants from the Catholic church and changed the religious landscape of the Western world to this day.
The Bible isn't a science textbook that teaches how the universe works (it doesn’t teach quantum physics or microbiology) but rather, tells who created the universe (God) and how one has a relationship with Him
1685-1815
The printing of Newton's Principia Mathematica in 1687 to the start of the French Revolution in 1789
The Tudor Dynasty
The defeat of the Spanish Armada
1550-1750