Answer to Question #248482 in History for Gerald

Question

One defining feature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was that society saw

increasing challenges to traditional authorities. What kinds of authorities would the

Europeans of the 1500s and 1600s have been exposed to? How did these same authorities get challenged during the period of Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment and how did reason and rationality serve to question traditional beliefs? What individuals were at the forefront of the movement to challenge beliefs and practices and what were their contributions? How were these ideas spread across European society?

Answer 1

What kinds of authorities would the Europeans of the 1500s and 1600s have been exposed to?

The authorities that Europeans followed during this period were religious motivated as individuals live subsistence life doing fishing and farming. Protestant England legislated days to conduct fishing. The mixed" government that comprised of both a monarch and a parliament was in place to give direction too the people

How did these same authorities get challenged during the period of Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment and how did reason and rationality serve to question traditional beliefs?

The period of Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment challenged this regime by introduction of machinery and innovation in technological advancement. which encouraged people to migrate from substance ways of production to commercial for better profitability

What individuals were at the forefront of the movement to challenge beliefs and practices and what were their contributions?

Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, and Johannes Kepler.

How were these ideas spread across European society?

Through their scientific books