The aspect of the scientific revolution that would support the interpretation that it was more important than either the Renaissance or the reformation is that it brought advanced technology (medicine and navigation) better than reformation which caused religious wars (thirty years and roses war)
The theory of natural law was a vital part of the enlightenment as evidenced by the writings of Grotius, Locke, and Pufendorf in the seventeenth century and Vattel and Burlamaqui in the eighteenth.
