The Political Impacts Of The Baroque Era And The Enlightenment Era

The Renaissance was probably one of the most known epochs in human history. But what most don’t know about is the Baroque Era and the Enlightenment Era. There were a lot of events that occurred during this time period that make it slightly different than the Renaissance, and a lot of it had to do with social aspects. One of the most controversial events that was happening was the Thirty Years’ War. According to the textbook, it took place “from 1618 to 1648, a series of wars raged throughout central Europe. One side was a coalition consisting of the Austrian Hapsburg Holy Roman Emperors… [and] opposing them were Denmark, France, Holland, and Sweden” (Benton et al. 93). Since there was no separation of church and state during this time in Europe, …show more content…
In addition, there were major revolutions that were occurring throughout the world. According to the textbook, “Enlightenment ideals had a profound effect on eighteenth-century America… a source of inspiration that spurred the colonists philosophically and politically to revolt against England” (145). However, these ideas came from one of the greatest and known revolutions of all time, the French Revolution. The French Revolution was an attempt for a political change in the French government. The lower class were immensely weary from the upper class made of monarchs and the bourgeoisie classes. The textbook describes this change in political thinking as, “the right in the individual to live free of tyranny, and in the right of humankind to self-governance, culminated in political revolution” (147). To conclude, the Baroque Era has gracefully introduced a more free government in the minds of the people, this sort of thinking can be in most of the modern world’s …show more content…
Today, it is viewed as an important aspect because of everything discovered. But this was not always the case. In a world of no separation of church and state, when the church controlled all means of ideas spread, those against would pay a high price. To begin, various scientific pioneers have derived from these eras. One of which is Anton van Leeuwenhoek, from Holland. One could thank this great inventor because he was responsible for the creation of the microscope. The textbook states that “he investigated everything under his microscope… [he] realized that the world was teeming with microorganisms he called ‘little animals’” (Benton et al. 118). This is a major contribution from the field of science because it contributed to the many diseases found and are continually being found in the world today. Due to this great invention, other scientific inventors collaborated to more useful, everyday inventions. For example, Galileo Galilei was perhaps one of the most notable pioneers of the time. The textbook states that that he was the first to develop the telescope, which is a huge development in human history because one could now see the stars and the planets surrounding the earth (118). It also states that he believed in the heliocentric model of the universe, rather than the accepted geocentric model of the church; he was responsible for finally