How was francis bacon's process of basing discovery on observation and experiment different from medieval ways of thinking

Medieval ways of thinking were based on traditional belief.

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the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.