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
