ECON 1900 : Renoissance and early tech.pdf
28 Oct 2014
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Lecture eight: technology in the renaissance and early modern period. Renaissance means rebirth in french - represents a revival of classical texts, as well as a renewed interest in travel, adventure and navigation. Natural philosophy - was considered to be the pursuit of knowledge for knowledge sake. It was believed to be knowledge about the world that was not necessarily used in a technical way. There was now a shift away from just learning for the sake of learning. Now, people wanted knowledge in order to use it for some kind of purpose. Technical arts - by this time period, those who studied this type of knowledge began to gain popularity. Engineers and engineering pursuits became popular (court sponsorship) Court sponsorship - the court would pay for projects that were being done for the royal elite such as: military technology, architecture, artwork, writing ect. The engineer now held more status in society.
