NATS 1840 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Descriptive Knowledge, Crop Rotation, Scientific Revolution
9 Nov 2017
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Nats 1840 lecture 6 - commerce and science in the scientific revolution. Scientific revolution, 16th and 17th centuries, renaissance and reformation the renaissance is an artistic movement, fundamental changes where going on, social and economical changes are happening at the same time. Reformation was a challenge to the catholic church, religion is being challenged. Existing scientific theories are starting to be challenged. When you challenge one of your fundamental views in your society it makes it easier to challenge other things in your society. What"s the route cause of all this: power, money. Economic and political conditions, medieval feudalism and renaissance capitalism. Feudalism economy is about land and agriculture, food, farms. Medieval agricultural revolution (ploughs and horses, crop rotation, fertilizing), crop output and population. Crop rotation not planting crops on the same land every year. All these changes led to pop increase. Capitalism and feudalism, land based economy, goods based economy.
