Transformation+of+the+West+1450-1750

Transformation of the West: 1450 - 1750



001: Copernicus - "On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres" Crocodoc Markup + Summary
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 * Summary:** In the late 16th and early 17th century, the Scientific Revolution took place in the West. This Revolution affected intellectual life, as well as popular outlook. It also undermined the power of the church, in that some of these new intellectual ideas collided with church morals outlined in the Bible. In the 16th century, Polish monk Copernicus made an appeal to the church with a new theory, the **Heliocentric Theory**, in which the planets moved around the sun rather than the Earth, rather than the previous geocentric theory. He attempts to explain to Pope Paul III of his belief that the earth revolves around the sun. Copernicus believes that he has a right to investigate this topic, because it is the "extent permitted to human reason by God." He claims that he found that if the motions of the other planets are correlated with orbiting the earth, and are computed for revolution of each planet, the order and size of all planets and sphere, and heaven would be linked together, in that nothing can bee changed without disrupting the remaining parts of the universe as a whole. Copernicus feels that those who ridicule him for his ideas should be disregarded, for his work will make some sort of contribution, and it did. Copernicus' discovery, aside from criticisms, was reinforced by Galileo's laws of gravity. He didn't want people to instantly reject his ideas, but to ponder them and think individually. Like many other intellectual figures of the Scientific Revolution, Copernicus expanded and referenced ideas of previous philosophers, such Cicero and Plutarch. This transformation was comprised of ideas built upon previous ideas. During this time, many new ideas about the universe develped, like Copernicus' Heliocentric theory, which was difficult for Protestants and Catholics to accept because they refuted the old Ptolemaic view of an Earth-centered universe that coincided with the Bible.


 * English Bill of Rights - 1689
 * get rid of King James II
 * illegal to have army around during peaceful times
 * member of parliament to be elected by people
 * illegal to place new laws
 * Galileo
 * proof --> telescope
 * pope didnt agree with what he was saying
 * Bible says earth moves and sun stands still