Ap European History Unit 4.1 Summary
AP European History: Unit 4.1
SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND
ENLIGHTENMENT
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I. The Scientific Revolution
A. Medieval view of the world notes 1. Primarily religious and theological
2. Political theory based on divine right of kings
3. Society largely governed by Church views, traditions, and practices
4. Superstition played major role in the lives of the people 5. Scientific thought in the early-16th century was still based on Medieval ideas
a. Views about the universe were largely influenced by the ancient ideas of Aristotle
b. The geocentric view held that the earth was the center of a static, motionless universe
c. Science was essentially a branch of theology
B. Causes of the Scientific Revolution
1. Medieval …show more content…
Gov’t regulation only interferes with this natural self-governing style.
G. Women in the Enlightenment
1. Women played a major role in the salon movement
a. Many of the brightest minds of the Enlightenment assembled in salons to discuss the major issues of the day
b. Certain women organized salons and took part in the discussions
Madame de Geoffrin
Madame de Staël
Louise de Warens
c. Geoffrin played a major role in patronizing
Diderot’s Encyclopedia
d. Madame de Staël later brought German romantic ideas into France in the early 1800s
2. The philosophes favored increased rights and education for women
Condorcet was the only writer to go so far as to support female suffrage
3. In England, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) promoted political & educational equality for women
H. Later Enlightenment (late 18th century)
1. Became more skeptical (and in the case of Hume and d’Holbach, even atheistic)
2. Baron Paul d’Holbach (1723-89) System of Nature
a. Argued humans were essentially like machines,
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SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION AND
ENLIGHTENMENT
Use space below for
I. The Scientific Revolution
A. Medieval view of the world notes 1. Primarily religious and theological
2. Political theory based on divine right of kings
3. Society largely governed by Church views, traditions, and practices
4. Superstition played major role in the lives of the people 5. Scientific thought in the early-16th century was still based on Medieval ideas
a. Views about the universe were largely influenced by the ancient ideas of Aristotle
b. The geocentric view held that the earth was the center of a static, motionless universe
c. Science was essentially a branch of theology
B. Causes of the Scientific Revolution
1. Medieval …show more content…
Gov’t regulation only interferes with this natural self-governing style.
G. Women in the Enlightenment
1. Women played a major role in the salon movement
a. Many of the brightest minds of the Enlightenment assembled in salons to discuss the major issues of the day
b. Certain women organized salons and took part in the discussions
Madame de Geoffrin
Madame de Staël
Louise de Warens
c. Geoffrin played a major role in patronizing
Diderot’s Encyclopedia
d. Madame de Staël later brought German romantic ideas into France in the early 1800s
2. The philosophes favored increased rights and education for women
Condorcet was the only writer to go so far as to support female suffrage
3. In England, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) promoted political & educational equality for women
H. Later Enlightenment (late 18th century)
1. Became more skeptical (and in the case of Hume and d’Holbach, even atheistic)
2. Baron Paul d’Holbach (1723-89) System of Nature
a. Argued humans were essentially like machines,
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Unit 4.1: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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