Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution Figures

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  1. 7. French theologian who formed his own church around the idea of a theocracy
  2. 9. English chemist who explained that matter is composed of particles that behave in knowable ways
  3. 10. English playwright who authored 37 plays expressing Renaissance ideas
  4. 11. German inventor of the printing press
  5. 13. English polymath who invented calculus and discovered the force of gravity
  6. 14. English philosopher who stressed using experimentation and observation to gain understanding
  7. 15. Italian astronomer who was condemned by the Catholic church for challenging its teachings about the universe
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  1. 1. Danish astronomer who provided evidence for the heliocentric model
  2. 2. German monk who triggered the start of the Protestant Reformation
  3. 3. English statesman and author of Utopia who was executed for opposing the Act of Supremacy
  4. 4. French philosopher who emphasized using human reasoning to gain understanding
  5. 5. German astronomer and mathematician who calculated the orbits of the planets
  6. 6. Polish scholar who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe
  7. 8. Dutch theologian who advocated for the bible to be printed in vernacular languages
  8. 12. English monarch who broke from the Catholic church and formed the Church of England