Key Terms
What is secularisation?
The process of society becoming less religious
Who was Isaac Newton?
Isaac Newton discovered gravity when an apple dropped on his head one day while he was sitting under a tree
What was invented in 1440?
The printing press
When did the Scientific Revolution start?
c.1543-1550
What was the Enlightenment?
An intellectual and cultural movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It stressed reason, logic, criticism, and freedom of thought over dogma, blind faith, and superstition.
What did Copernicus discover?
That the Earth revolves around the sun, and not vice versa!
What did Blaise Pascal invent in 1645?
The calculator
What year did Martin Luther publish his 95 Theses?
1517
What was the Age of Reason?
Enlightenment + Scientific Revolution
Who was Andreas Vesalius?
Belgian doctor who made dissection more fashionable. He was able to disprove many theories about human anatomy, e.g. that men had one less rib than a woman.
Who came up with the heliocentric model?
Nicolaus Copernicus
What did Charles II do in 1663?
Granted the Royal Society a Royal Charter
What does Nullius in verba mean?
Take nobody's word for it
What did Francis Bacon invent?
The Scientific Method
What did Isaac Newton find out about light?
That it was made up of all the colours of the rainbow
What year did the Great Plague hit England?
1665
What is anatomy?
The study of the human body
Who designed St Paul's Cathedral?
Sir Christopher Wren
Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw "animacules" with this invention in 1674
What did Henry VIII do in 1533?
Passed law making himself the Head of the Church of England