HIST 1003 Chapter : The Enlightenment
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The enlightenment: still in the 18th century, the social hierarchy and the great economic inequality that went with it had a religious sanction, the crisis of authorities of the 16th century that led to the scientific method. A. taught doubt about any claim of authority . B. focused attention on this physical world (observation as a remedy) C. in religion, a crisis of authorities (luthers protest) undercut the authority of the. Church of rome by foregrounding its multiple theological traditions (but trent tried to stop) and creating new authorities (e. g. Calvin) and demanding new solutions: the crisis of the early modern state (especially the 1640s problems) also involved a questioning of authority (in a similar but similar sense) And thus of the divine right claim of monarchs and political elites to sovereign secular power (government is of this world after all) The enlightment carried that questioning into new, this worldly realms.
