Reddit mentions of The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science (Studies in European History)

I took two phil of science courses during undergrad. The first covered Philosophy of Science: The Central Issues by Cover, Curd, and Pincock. The second (by a different instructor) covered Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction followed by The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The Scientific Background of Modern Philosophy, and more readings from the Cover, Curd, and Pincock book. Though it required more reading, the second was more beneficial and clarified issues brought up in the Cover, Curd, and Pincock book. I hope that helps.

I run into stuff like this, too. The ideas our cultures hold about things and how they actually are are very different, but if you took the time to research every cultural idea... you'd never do anything else :) I like to think I can be as graceful as you when this happens to me but, realistically, it's not always so.

Here are two great books on medieval history, if you're interested. They're where I started. From their bibliographies, you can branch out and go more in-depth:

The Medieval Church: A Brief History. The book is expensive, but Lynch is pretty easy to read.

Medieval Civilization 400-1500. Le Goff is a Romanophile, so he at times elevates Roman civilization. And he can be a little dry. But at the same time, he's very fair and the dryness is because he goes into good detail and depth.

Here's one on the development of science:

The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science. It's been a long time since I've read this one. I need to find it and reread it.

A great resource for how science and Christianity have historically interacted, written by historians of many different faiths (including atheists and agnostics) is:

When Science and Christianity Meet. This book addresses several incidents, some of which are famous and poorly-understood, and some of which are relatively unremembered by popular culture.