Popular Culture in Europe in the 1500’s

1. 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.

2. 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

4. 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.

6. 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 .

9. 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.

12. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

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18. MOON GAZING

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21. Robert Boyle’sContributions?

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35. COMPLEX TO SIMPLE Collect objective facts Draw a series of general conclusions or hypotheses SIMPLE TO COMPLEX Begin with general idea Find specific data to support hypothesis Induction vs. Deduction

36. DESCARTES