Throughout European history, there have been varying degrees of opinion on topics such as punishment, politics, education, women, and science. With science, the views and perspectives developed immensely over time because of certain movements that occurred in European history. The first is the Renaissance which occurred from approximately 1450 to 1600 and was the time of the revival of the classics such as greek works. The second event and time period is the Scientific Revolution from 1600 to 1700 which was the beginning of modern science with religious authority. And the third is the Enlightenment which occurred from about 1700 to 1800 and was when it was believed that the ideas of science could be applied to other aspects of life such as …show more content…
The cause of this revolution was the Renaissance which stimulated scientific progress and thought. From the Renaissance, patrons now funded science in addition to literature and art which helped spark the Scientific Revolution. Technology such as the printing press and better scientific instruments also allowed for this revolution. A figure of this time period was Galileo Galileí and he used experimental methods instead of speculating what would happen in an experiment. He was an astronomer and helped solidify Copernicus’s idea of the heliocentric …show more content…
Because of Galileo’s studies, he was put on trial by the Catholic Church for using science to “destroy” religion and its ideas. Galileo was actually a devout Catholic but he believed that science would not interfere with religion or his god where the Catholic Church disagreed with this in fear of losing their power. Because of issues like this, during this time period is what I like to think of “religion with science” meaning that the church only approved of science that supported the Catholic religion and if not then the Church would ban scientific books and figures. The idea of natural philosophy occurred which focused on fundamental questions about nature and the universe, but these ideas were brought into harmony with Christian doctrines. The majority of the science during this time just reinforced the ideas of the Church and the Church’s power. However, the “radical” scientists such as Galileo let their scientific ideas be heard and the topic of science started to interest more and more people. The result of this was that the government became involved in these scientific topics, was able to take hold of authority, and started to create scientific societies which would develop and progress throughout the 1700’s and