Witchcraze - Enlightened thinking Flashcards
Who was Francis Bacon?
- He was an expert in Maths, Astronomy, Philosophy and History.
- He used collective data to use inductive reasoning.
- He also wrote the ‘Advancement of Learning’ in 1605
Who was Copernicus?
-He said, in 1543 that the Earth moved around the sun in a perfect circle.
Who was Johannes Kelper?
-He said that the Earth moves around the sun in elliptical orbitals with different speeds.
Who was Galileo?
-Revolutionised everyones understanding of the solar system.
Who was Isaac Newton?
- He confirms the structure and workings of the universe.
- He explains gravity and centrifugal force.
Who was Rene Descartes?
- If there’s no room for god then there’s no room for the devil.
- The world was a pure mechanism and it was also governed without influences from god.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
- He added to Descartes reasoning about no room for god or the devil.
- He created deductive reasoning to take rules and apply facts to it.
Who was John Locke?
- Humans are born without knowledge and learn it though their lives.
- Knowledge isn’t fully accurate but everyone gains it though experiences.
What was the royal society?
- Improved general understanding of the natural environment and knowledge of the world.
- Bacon, Copernius, Kelper, Galileo, Newton, Descartes, Hobbes and Locke were all involved within the royal society.
- It was formed in 1660 but didn’t open until 1662.
What was gresham college?
-It taught people who wanted to know the ways and workings of the world.
The impact of the Boy of Burton case?
- Darrel’s reputation led to scepticism around Darling accusing Goodridge.
- Led to the phamplet war.
The impact of the Pendle Swindle case?
- Privy council was involved and king Charles was sceptic.
- There was no significant publications of the case so opinions were very little.
The impact of the Demon Drummer of Tedworth case?
- Supernatural forces were blamed and believed caused many bad things happening in the world.
- It also provoked scepticism on the reality of supernatural forces or witches.
The impact of Jane Wenham case?
- The judge decided there wasn’t enough evidence so dismissed the case.
- It was the last case and it showed the willingness of the judges at this time.
The Boy of Burton Fraudulent Case
1597
The Pendle Swindle Case
1634
The Demon Drummer of Tedworth Case
1662
The Jane Wenham Case
1712
