Reformations & Revolutions
Renaissance Men
100

Coinciding with the Reformation this Renaissance shaped thought from roughly the mid-14th century to the 17th century?

The European Renaissance.

100

The Scientific Revolution began with this mathematician and astronomer

Nicolaus Copernicus

200

This was a period where Europeans questioned and applied new ways of obtaining knowledge about the physical world?

The Scientific Revolution

200

This Englishman emphasized empiricism—the gathering of knowledge collected through the careful observation of events.

Francis Bacon

300

This revolution was used to describe this shift in thought which rejected Medieval knowledge methods for those explained by math and observation.

Copernican Revolution

300

This Italian man refined tools to confirm astrological findings, as well as discovered that the celestial bodies were regular objects rather than heavenly ones.

Galileo Galilei

400

Skeptical thought and empiricism led to further movements, including: The European Enlightenment, Digital Age, and this Revolution

Industrial Revolution

500

This reformation was the catalyst for change in the Catholic church.

Protestant Reformation