HIST 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Bourbon Reforms, Bombyx Mori, Bioprospecting
16 Dec 2017
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The enlightenment: based on reason, observation, experience, experimentation. Scientific and philosophic movement from england and france. New ways of governing they go from being kingdoms to colonies. Language: becomes formalised, dictated by new agencies academy of spanish in spain decides how spanish should be written all over the empire. The enlightenment mostly influenced the americas in the late 18th century. No anti-religion sentiment because most of the intellectuals were churchmen; most of them educated in universities (which were headed by priests); theology and scripture were the core of teachings. Also published the gaceta de literatura, kind of similar (medicine, sciences, etc. ) Hipolito unanue editor of the mercurio peruano burials should be outside of the churches for health reasons, more efficient mining techniques new mining boom; pumping water out much more efficient; commerce analysis too. Brazil had no universities elites had to go to europe to study portugal or france; brazil was strongly influenced by french thinking.
