17th century

During the 16th and 17th century, women were not treated as equally as men and had very few rights. In this patriarchal society, women were seen as property and did not have any responsibilities other than to take care of the house. They did not have the right to own property, vote or even have rights over children. Women were expected to be perfect emotionally as well as physically as the only way for women to progress and move up in status during this time was through marriage. Although women…

January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England and died in London on March 31, 1727. He made many great scientific discoveries in the categories of optics, motion, and mathematics. With these discoveries, he became known as one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. He wrote about these discoveries by publishing a book called Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. This book became known as the most influential book on physics. Newton’s father was a prosperous local…

On January 4th, 1643 (Displayed as December 25,1642 using the old Julian calendar) in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, a great physicist and mathematician was born. Said to be one of the smartest people of the 17th century Scientific Revolution, Isaac Newton developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion After he was knighted by Queen Anne of England in 1705, he earned the Sir in the name that most people call him by today, along with his real name. Newton made…

During the 16th, 17th, and 18th century the way parents looked, thought, and raised their children were viewed as good in the eyes of a certain people at the time. At this time there was many good and bad ideals about children on how to look after and care for them. At this time the wealthy English parents had many changes on how to raise their children at the time because they believed that they knew best on how to raise a child into an adult. During the 16th century the upper wealthy english…

The 16th and 17th century marked a time for the puritan society. This culture was composed of specific roles for parents and children. Child rearing was the responsibility for mothers and fathers. In response children were supposed to be obedient to their parent or any mother or father that was to teach them. They were educated on religion, trades and skills. Education came from their parents. However, other families could impart skills, at 14 years old sometimes they would be sent to other…

France in the mid 17th century was quite hectic. At the time, King Louis XIII was in power and basically running the country into the ground. To start, he was ruling with the help of his closest advisors and Cardinal Richelieu which, in effect, gave some of his power away. Along with that, Louis XIII was in continuous violent religious discords with the Huguenots (Biography.com Editors. "Louis XIII Biography"). When his son Louis XIV was finally born, the boy was not given much of a government…

During the late 17th and 18th centuries, a wave of new philosophies and understanding came over many intellects of that period, which brought an ever-lasting affect on the world we know today. Before the period of Enlightenment, the people were forced to believe everything that was told to them, follow under the rule of a king and the wealthy, and shelter their own opinions while being spoon fed every judgement that they are told to call their own. With the help of intellectual Enlightenment…

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. He helped develop the principles of modern physics and also a new type of math called calculus. His book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica has been called the single most influential book on physics (“Sir Isaac Newton”, 2014). Despite all this, he remained a humble man who once said, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants (“Isaac Newton”, n.d.)”.…

For generations, the sciences in Europe had been very limited and controlled by the Church. However, in the post-Renaissance era of the 17th-18th centuries, the sciences began to flourish in Europe. Many men in the universities of major cities in Europe began conducting experiments and developing theories and and coming up with conclusions. The men had a complete monopoly on scientific discovery during this time period. Eventually women wanted to break into the scientific field as well but were…

Euro Essay In the early 17th century Europe was dragged into a long and treacherous conflict, The Thirty Years' War, that altered the country drastically. Battles were fought, economies were ruined, and thousands of lives were lost all due to the lack of religious toleration and the importance of politics. Countries formed alliances and clashed against each other with all their resources only to find themselves completely depleted and vulnerable in the end. However, through all the…