Editing Baconian method (section)

=== Role of the English Reformation ===
There is a wider array of seminal works about the interaction of [[Puritans|Puritanism]] and early science. Among others, [[Dorothy Stimson]],{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} [[Richard Foster Jones]],{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} and [[Merton Thesis|Robert Merton]] saw Puritanism as a major driver of the reforms initiated by Bacon and the development of science overall.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBLst8a8uYYC|title=The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science|last=Harrison|first=Peter|date=2001-07-26|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521000963|language=en}}</ref> Steven Matthews is cautious about the interaction with a single confession, as the English Reformation allowed a higher doctrinal diversity compared to the continent.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kSp6XnHw7AQC|title=Theology and Science in the Thought of Francis Bacon|last=Matthews|first=Professor Steven|date=2013-06-28|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=9781409480143|language=en}}</ref> However, Matthews is quite outspoken that "Bacon's entire understanding of what we call 'science,' and what he called 'natural philosophy,' was fashioned around the basic tenets of his belief system."<ref>Steven Matthews 2018, page 2, chapter [https://books.google.com/books?id=5-xHDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Breaking+with+a+Puritan+past%22&pg=PT12 ''Breaking with a Puritan past''].</ref>