History questions

    From “The Decameron” (Giovanni Boccaccio) 1.According to Boccaccio, in what ways did the plague affect Florence? From “Letter to Madame Cristina di Lorena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany” (Galileo Galilei) 2.How does Galileo understand the relationship between scientific inquiry and the Scriptures? From “Geography” (Christopher Columbus) 3.Who influences Christopher Columbus’s ideas on geography and how are they influential? From “To the Nobility of the German Nation” (Martin Luther) 4.What is Martin Luther’s understanding of spiritual and secular power as presented in this work? From “On Predestination” (John Calvin) 5. How does John Calvin describe predestination in this passage? Cite several characteristics of how it is presented in this exceprt.