The Kepler theory about Planets
It helped a lot with travel and trading was easy
Women paricipated in total wars. They had to go to war when their husbands died so they had to do his job and they had to do exactly what they did. They also had to go undercover
In the 16th century, most European countries were busy burning heretics to what they had decreed to be the true religion. There were two exceptions, Portugal and Spain, that were busy discovering new continents.
I doubt most countries had much time left to burn witches.
