Science and Superstition in the Elizabethan Era
Words: 878 Pages: 3 5633The Elizabethan Era occurred during a time where advancements in science began to emerge and superstition was a way for the people to justify unexplainable events. The intellectual changes during the renaissance were greatly impacted by societal shifts from a religious perspective to one controlled by scientific principles (Shreve). Back then, science was known as natural philosophy and the most prominent advancements occurred in astronomy, sparked by Nicolaus Copernicus (Taylor). Copernicus was the first astronomer to provide reasons supporting the […]
