Enlightenment and Knowledge
8 Novembro 2021, 15:30 • Adelaide Victória Pereira Grandela Meira Serras
The Scientific Revolution: the development of well-established fields of knowledge, such as physics, astronomy, medicine, and the emergence and/or consolidation of new autonomous areas, such as chemistry, geology.
The use of vernacular languages and plain style in scientific texts aiming at their wider dissemination and better clarification.
Th emergence of scientific societies all over Europe and their role on the advancement of scientific knowledge. Ex: Accademia dei Lincei; Royal Society of London, l' Académie des Sciences in France - their structure and goals.
Towards a national education: how basic education was conducted in Great-Britain: the contribution of church schools, mainly non-conformist protestant schools. Higher levels of education - the "public schools" and universities attended by middle class and aristocratic youth.