The New Sciences were allowed to flourish in northern Europe, especially in the Netherlands and England, mainly because of:
a. The Habsburg monarchs' ban on the collection of botanical samples in the New World.
b. A great sympathy for the New Sciences on the part of religious authorities.
c. A certain liberty of investigation that other areas lacked.
d. The birth of all of the era's important scientists in Protestant lands.
c. A certain liberty of investigation that other areas lacked.
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What will be an ideal response?
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