The genesis of the Enlightenment may be found in the:
A) Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century.
B) Catholic Reformation of the seventeenth century.
C) scientific revolution of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
D) writings of Voltaire and Rousseau.
E) art of the High Renaissance.

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The Enlightenment was heavily influenced by the scientific revolution of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, which emphasized reason, observation, and the scientific method.

The Genesis of the Enlightenment May Be Found in The