HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bohemian Revolt, Protestantism, Albrecht Von Wallenstein
3 Nov 2016
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The confessionalization of europe and the witch craze. 1560 -1660: = 20,00 witches executed in hre, witch craze takes off , in the holy roman empire. The 17th century is a far cry from the age of reason. Johann wryer said that women claiming to be witches are depressed and have a mental illness. Michel de montaigne said he doesn"t like witch hunting. 1619: descartes bohemia > thirty years war > he did not follow his father"s footsteps he wanted to travel the world> prague center of bohemia i think therefore, i am . Scholastic method > an eye for an eye. 1633: galileo vs inquisition he was tried by the inquisition > thirty years war. By the 17th century galileo"s ideas were considered a heresy, and needed to be controlled before a war broke out. Not be accepted on the basis of faith but through science and math. Sceientific ideas were far from widespread in 17 century.
