Kings and Queens
Charles I
England
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
When a king or queen has control over everything
absolute monarchy
Name that implies earlier eras were covered in darkness
Enlightenment
Christian orthodoxy was
challenged
Louis XIV
France
Father of Geometry
Euclid
How did the Dutch form a powerful European state
trade, economic empire, banking
Was Descartes a Catholic?
Yes
Rationalists questioned whether miracles were
reasonable
Catherine the Great
Russia
Created the laws of Gravity and Motion
Newton
How the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution affected England
It granted more civil liberties and placed limits on the monarchy
Belief that the path to truth is through human reason
rationalism
Empiricists wondered why miracles were not observed
Maria Theresa
Austria
Developed the first vaccine
Jenner
Developments in mathematics
decimal point, Arabic numerals, mathematical notation
Belief that man can find knowledge only through experience
Empiricism
Science seemed to explain events that were once believed to be
supernatural
William III and Mary II
England
Father of Chemistry
Lavoisier
How did the Scientific Revolution affected the view of Christianity?
People began to believe they could choose what part of the Bible they had to follow
A philosophy that advocates a society that is free from religion
Secularism
The Enlightenment began to study the Bible not as Scripture
But as any other religious book