HIST1007 Study Guide - Mississippi Company, Geocentric Model, Scientific Revolution
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O economic crisis during 1720: john law financial manager of france, organized mississippi. 18thc economic bubbles in england & france: polish astronomer, post humorously published on the revolutions of the heavenly. Spheres in 1543: text challenged the accepted ptolemaic system by assuming earth moved around sun in a circle, or a heliocentric system, impact of work gave a way for others to confront difficulties with. Ptolemaic system: german astronomer who strongly believed in the copernican system, assistant to tycho brahe, used data collected by brahe to support, found orbits were elliptical, published results in 1609 the new heliocentricity. Astronomy: viewed universe through a dutch telescope in 1609, supported copernican model, starry messenger, letters on sunspots support copernican model, condemned by catholic church, put under house arrest, trials showed shadowy relationship between science and church. Montesquieu: french thinker, believed in separation of powers (legislature,
