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Explore the transition from spiritual beliefs to scientific revolution in 16th-century Europe. Discover how daily life, culture, and science evolved during this transformative era.
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Popular Culture in Europe in the 1500’s • The World was a spiritual world, evil spirits. • The village priest was often illiterate, but a source of comfort. • Witches were suspected and considered bad luck. • Recreation was limited. • Printing almanacs, broadsides spread knowledge.
Daily Life Changed in Europe • The standard of living changed in Europe, more people and fewer resources led to inflation. • The diet because of the discovery of the New World changed. • Housing was harsh as more people moved to the cities • Traditional culture declined
The Scientific Revolution Swept Europe • Experimentation through observation started the Scientific Revolution. • Verifying results is known as the scientific method. • Astronomy, Physics and Anatomy - Copernicus disproved the geocentric theory. Proposed the heliocentric theory, sun centered.
Physics, Astronomy and Anatomy cont. • Kepler and Galileo proved Copernicus’ theory of a heliocentric solar system. • Vesalius and William Harvey - experimentation and observation to improve medicine. • Descartes, Bacon, Pascal were great thinkers of the time. Isaac Newton - Principals of Mathematics .
Descartes argued that everything had to be proven. Other Great Inventors and Scientists Sir Isaac Newton and Leibniz developed calculus. Anton Leeuwenhoek discovered the existence of bacteria. Robert Hooke - the theory of cells. Lavoisier and Boyle -Oxygen.
The Scientific Revolution • The Enlightenment Applied Scientific Ideas to Politics • The 1700’s are referred to as the “Age of Enlightenment” • Science and Reason could explain everything in the Universe. • Rationalism - truth is arrived at by using rational, logical thinking. Everything in the world can be explained. Isaac Newton
The Social Contract • Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were two English philosophers who lived through the English Civil War. • Hobbes thought that man was cruel, and greedy. To escape anarchy one needed to live by a social contract. A strong government = peace • Locke thought that people were basically good. People had natural rights, life liberty and the right to own property. If government violates the rights-bye govt.