Renaissance

Question 1

Why did people still believe in the theory of the four humours before the renaissance

Answer 1

Eduction was poor
War stopped news spreading and money being put into education
The church were the main source of education
This meant the main ideas were to do what the religious ideas

Question 2

Who was the main person behind the development of human anatomy and started human disection

Answer 2

Vesalius

Started to dig up bodies to use for dissection as most scientists were using animals

Human dissection was illegal as the church said it was against the religious beliefs of the church.

Question 3

What’s humanism

Answer 3

Love of learning and finding new ideas in science

This started around the renaissance period

Question 4

Who was Thomas Sydenham

Answer 4

He was a doctor in the 1660s - 1670s who developed the idea of observations which rivalry that of the theory of four humours

Question 5

How did the printing press help new ideas and scientists

Answer 5

It meant that it was easier for new ideas to be spread around a larger area and it meant that it was easier for the working class to find out new ideas

Question 6

What was the role of the royal society

Answer 6

1660

It meant that scientists could come together to share new ideas it also encouraged more experiments and promoted scientific learning.

Also a lot of funding was given increasing chance of finding new things