Which characteristic allowed European universities to play a major role in launching the scientific revolution?
It could be the discovery of scientific works of the Greeks
and Romans. During the Renaissance
movement, all ancient works were studied by scholars and this included ancient
sciences and mathematics. Just like the
literary classics, scientific and mathematical works were also an object curiosity
that caught their attention and their interest.
The characteristic which was very important for European universities and enabled them to play a major role in launching the scientific revolution was the communication between the universities. Because they communicated between themselves and started adopting the scientific method slowly, this increased their role and made the scientific revolution much faster.