1. Biblical and classical scholarship. Greek and Hebrew Bibles.
Translations. The classics. The vernaculars.
2. History. Humanistic history and church history.
3. Political theory. The state as power: Machiavelli. Constitutional
liberty: Erasmus, Luther, Calvin, Hotman, Mornay, Bodin, Buchanan.
Radicals: the _Utopia_.
4. Science. Inductive method. Mathematics. Zoölogy. Anatomy.
Physics. Geography. Astronomy; Copernicus. Reform of the calendar.
5. Philosophy. The Catholic and Protestant thinkers. Skeptics.
Effect of the Copernican theory: Bruno.