Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports Jardines argument regarding the changes in intellectual outlook in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
A) The new ideas in astronomy and anatomy that led intellectuals to challenge the authority of ancient and classical sources of knowledge
B) The development of new methods of scholarship based on reinterpretation of classical texts
C) The willingness of Protestant reformers to challenge the scholarly and intellectual authority of the Catholic Church
D) The development and spread of vernacular literacy as a result of Gutenberg's development of the printing press