What effect did thinkers from the 1500s and early 1600s have on the Enlightenment?

A. They made important discoveries that made the ideas of the Enlightenment possible.
B. They created ideas about science and math that slowed the Enlightenment.
C. They supported traditional rules and rulers who were against the Enlightenment.
D. They began revolutions that inspired the later thinkers of the Enlightenment.