Around the time of the Reformation‚ societies suffered profoundly from The Black Death. The plague caused the deaths of 50-60% of Europe and 500 million deaths worldwide. People were intensely fearful and many turned to religion to cope. Many questions arose about God and the Church‚ which became a spotlight of attention. What effect was this having on the faith of the people? Many people believed that God was punishing them. Many performed acts of good‚ known as indulgences‚ in the hope that God
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René Descartes was a Frenchman who was one of the first two people to bring to action the new scientific method along with Francis Bacon. The new scientific method was a new way of thinking and doing experiments. René Descartes thought very differently than anyone before. He didn’t use the same methods as the universities did to discover something new. René Descartes did not believe that the truth is known when a theory is formed. He believed that the truth is known after lots of investigation
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with the Lamp.” Her work was known for “[reducing] the hospital’s death rate by two-thirds” (History: Florence Nightingale). By using her mathematical skills she was able to calculated the mortality rate in the hospital which proved that sanitary methods would decrease the number of deaths. In an article by J.J O’Conner and E.F Robertson‚ the claim that Nightingale lowered the mortality rate from 60% to 42.7% by 1855. This article also mentions that later Nightingale used this information to create
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Mary Calkins made numerous contributions to the field of psychology and laid a solid foundation that later psychologists relied on as the field grew. Mary was a pioneer in the Psychology field & the first American Psychological Association woman president. During the late 1800s &the early 1900s‚ she concentrated her efforts and willpower to become an inspirational figure to others and to help develop a new science in the field of psychology. Despite the challenges faced by women during her times
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He also experimented with x-rays and short range radio communication before Guglielmo Marconi did. In other words‚ Marconi just picked up where Tesla left off. And as an extra‚ he discovered the rotating magnetic field; which was the basis for AC machines. Tesla invented many things and contributed to life immensely. I’m quickly going to go to the
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Humanism and Christianity The Renaissance was a time period which originated in the city-states of Italy that marked the starting point of the modern era. The Renaissance was characterized by a rebirth of interest in the humanistic culture and outlook of classical Greece and Rome. During this time period‚ a secular attitude was achieved‚ thus causing Western Civilization to deviate from the strict religious atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Although religion was not forgotten‚ it was no longer
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other uses‚ such as the production of cotton‚ which was in great demand[5]. Textile industry dominated the industrial revolution in terms of employment‚ value of output‚ and capital invested. It was also the first industry to use modern production methods. Thus‚ soon after such technology was introduced to the textile industry‚ Britain outproduced India‚ the world’s leading producer of cotton cloth at that
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animals‚ but what about all the other stuff‚ like his crops? Crops are one of the most important things on a farm. They need to be tended and cared for‚ like the animals‚ but they also need to be harvested. Back then in the 1800s‚ it wasn’t as easy as it is now. Farmers had to harvest their crops by hand‚ and it took some back-breaking work to do it. They needed something or someone to help generate a tool to make collecting crops easier‚ and with his skill and determination‚ that’s exactly what Cyrus Hall
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challenged the church’s ideas. He claimed to have spiritual visions which inspired most of his vivid and imaginative works. His beliefs were expressed through his paintings and illuminated poem illustrations. His painting “Elohim Creating Adam” explains how William Blake expressed Biblical themes in an uncommon and radical way and showcases the dramatic and imaginative Romantic style. In “Elohim creating Adam‚” Blake depicts the line “The Lord God formed man of dust of the ground” from the Book of Genesis
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