Population increases in the 1700sRising birth rates, improving medical technology, vaccines, and bubonic plague went away
Enlightened absolutists monarchs
A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792)Argued that women and men were equal, and anything women seemed inferior at, it was only because they had been denied education and opportunities by men
Thomas HobbesThere is no morality in the state of nature. You need government to order the chaos of nature
The body is made up of 4 substances: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and flem? Imbalance of these 4 lead to disease. This is where blood letting came from
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a system in which rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their full royal powers. Rulers only acted enlightened when it benefitted them.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Copernicus and keplers books ended up on the index of prohibited booksThese new ideas from Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo are challenging established beliefs of the Catholic Church during the catholic counter reformation. The geocentric model fit nicely with scripture so the church stuck with it.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo GalileiBuilt a telescope and observed that other planets and moons, existed, and weren’t just balls of light
Geocentric model of the universeEvery body in the galaxy circled around the earth, including the sun. This was the Catholic Churches view and presumed model of the universe in midevil europe
PhilosophesFrench thinkers
Thomas Malthus (1766-1834)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Inductive reasoningUsing specific observations to create general principles
Enlightenment thinkers applied new methods of reasoning to politics, and human institutions
Johannes KeplerAffirmed Copernicus’ findings and through complex math of his own, found that plants orbit in ellipses, not perfect circles
Despite him being a devote catholic, the pope ruled him a heretic and placed him under house arrest. But his books were published after his death
ParacelsusRejected the humoral theory and claimed that chemical imbalances caused disease, meaning chemical remedies could be used to cure people.
Ancient Greek doctor who advanced the humoral theory of the body
Most famous French philosopher. Produced many works that criticized social and religious institutions of France. Supported religious tolerance, natural rights, but didn’t believe in democracy, only enlightened absolutism
Social ContractA voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
Atheism
Tenamentsa cheap apartment building often crammed with people created in response to the influx of people moving into cities
Charter of towns 1792Catherine the great extended civl liberties to Russian Jews
Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
Denis Diderot
NeoclassicismIn the later 1700s, the nature and subject of art shifted from state and religious themes to themes that appealed to bourgeoisie society
Population increases in the 1700sRising birth rates, improving medical technology, vaccines, and bubonic plague went away
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Reading Revolution
Scientific methodDuring the scientific Revolution, the scientific method was invented, which emphasizes observations and experimentation
A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.
Affirmed Copernicus’ findings and through complex math of his own, found that plants orbit in ellipses, not perfect circles
Jean-Jacques RousseauA French man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy. Similar ideas to John Locke. Idea of the social contract
John LockeArgued that natural rights were given by god, not a government, so a government couldn’t take them away. Therefore power originates with the people
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Using specific observations to create general principles
Coffee HousesGrew with the increased demand for leisure during the consumer revolution and helped spread enlightenment ideas
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Middle and upper classes had more income, rise in demand for goods increased. People began wanting larger homes and more privacy and new venues for leisure
Deductive reasoningUsing general principles to determine specific consitions
Mary Wollstonecraft
In the later 1700s, the nature and subject of art shifted from state and religious themes to themes that appealed to bourgeoisie society
Adam Smith, The Wealth of NationsAttacked mercantilist economics. Promoted laissez-faire, free-market economy, and supply-and-demand economics.
Contagious Diseases ActThis allowed police officers to arrest any woman they suspected to be a prostitute. They were then permitted to give that woman an examination to prevent the spread of STDs. This is state-sponsered sexual assault.
The body is made up of 4 substances: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and flem? Imbalance of these 4 lead to disease. This is where blood letting came from
Nicolaus Copernicus
Saw that the population was rising faster than the food supply, thought Europe was heading towards starvation
The idea that human beings, just by virtue of being human, possess rights like life liberty and property
Enlightenment views of religionOverall, religion was increasingly viewed as a matter of private, rather than public concern. Structures of society grew increasingly secular.
Thomas HobbesThere is no morality in the state of nature. You need government to order the chaos of nature
Copernicus and keplers books ended up on the index of prohibited booksThese new ideas from Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo are challenging established beliefs of the Catholic Church during the catholic counter reformation. The geocentric model fit nicely with scripture so the church stuck with it.
Every body in the galaxy circled around the earth, including the sun. This was the Catholic Churches view and presumed model of the universe in midevil europe
Further overturned Galen’s theory by proving how the circulatory system works
Galileo GalileiBuilt a telescope and observed that other planets and moons, existed, and weren’t just balls of light
Urbanization
PhilosophesFrench thinkers
Charter of towns 1792
Popes response to galieleo
AtheismDiderot defined it as someone who knows about god, but actively rejects his existence