Hard to tell, the renaissance started in Italy so probably, but the domination of the Hapsburgs was a great misfortune by any stretch.

My point is more that the goal of the reformation was more about religious zeal than a desire for scientific advancement. The protestants were even more hostile to scientific advancement than the catholics were (after all the Catholics adopted the Gregorian calender reform) on many matters. The change occurred primarily for political reasons (the fractured German states and British isolation). This is why I call it a fortunate accident.

Not saying that things would have been hunky dory under an unchallanged Catholic state (or the Hapsburgs), but the traditional stereotype of the reasonable protestants and the superstitious Catholics does not bear up well in history.