Scientific Revolution

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The Scientific Revolution

Today:

• Small recap: Golden Age
• Scientific Revolution (note)
• Assignment and homework  

What is NOT true about the Golden Age in the Dutch Republic?

1. There was thriving art
2. There was a lot of welfare
3. A king was in charge
4. Holland was the centre of world trade

During the Golden Age....

Not only in the Dutch Republic, but also in other European countries, there was something else going on: 

The Scientific Revolution

What is a scientific revolution?

Scientific Revolution

• What is a revolution?
  

A revolution is a drastic quick change

• What is science?
  

Knowledge about the world, based on research and facts.

    A rapid change in scientific methods and studies.

The first scientists... 

Stood in the tradition and in direct line to the humanists from the Renaissance (they studied texts critically)

and the scientists from the 17th century studied and investigate nature itself

They also came into conflict with the church!

Why do you think did the scientist from the 17th century, come into conflict with the church?

Choose one the following scientists:

• Christiaan Huygens
  
• Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek
  
• Nicolaus Copernicus
  
• Johannes Kepler
• Francis Bacon
• Galileo Galilei  

Find out (use the internet):

1. What your scientist did/discovered
   
2. Where he is from  
3. What were the consequences of his ‘invention’ 
4. How did people react to your scientists’ discoveries? 

For next lesson (Tuesday 19th )

- Finish the assignment about your scientist

- Send me the anwsers/information before next lesson via magister/outlook/teams

If you sent an email to a teacher....

Please !!!!!WRITE A MESSAGE!!!!

Use:

sentences,punctuation, capital letters etc. 

Start with:    Dear ms/mrs/mr (name)

End with:      Kind Regards,  (your name)

Scientists:

Christiaan Huygens: pendulum clock

Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek: microscope

Nicolaus Copernicus: heliocenstrism

Johannes Kepler: laws of planetary 

                                     motion

Francis Bacon: scientific method

Galileo Galilei: heliocentrism

Absolut Power: absolutism

Recap:

End of Middle Ages: countries had separate regions and cities with their own rules and laws (king lost their power!)

Kings wanted to tack back control: centralisation 

 

Louis XIV

• Becomes king of France when he
    has the age of 4 (1642)
• In control from 1661
  
• Absolute power
  
• Power from God
  
• Opposition is not allowed
  
• Sun King
  
• Nobility was obligated to live at Versailles (why?)
  
• Everybody needed to be Catholic
  

Absolute Power

The power from a Monarch, that he has received from God to rule over his subjects

The King's laws were God's decrees

The King's word was law

Opposition was not permitted!

Versailles

Why was the nobility obligated to live at Versailles?

Why was Louis XIV called the 'Sun King'

Describe what absolutism is

Homework:

Read 3.1 and 3.2