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Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

  • How were the questions posed by a ‘scientific’ mindset different from those posed in the Middle Ages?
  • How did the Scientific Revolution change the way people thought?
  • Can you name some key figures in the Scientific Revolution?

‘The Beginning of the Scientific Revolution’ in William Gilbert, Renaissance and Reformation, Lawrence, KS: Carrie, 1998, chapter 23.

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