Similarities Between The Enlightenment And The Scientific Revolution

The Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Scientific Revolution had lots of similarities including the following. The Renaissance led into the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment then led into the Scientific Revolution. Here is how the renaissance led to the enlightenment.

For one, the Renaissance was when there was a lot of money. When the Renaissance was occurring and there was a lot of money (in Italy in particular) and the people who had lots of money weren’t as interested in religion. Since they individually paid artists, they wanted artists to paint things which were more about them and less about religion as their legacy. Due to this, the Renaissance was a time when the art became less religious and more secular, and the idea of humanism developed. These things would later set the foundation for what would come to be known as the Enlightenment.

The Enlightenment was largely built upon the Renaissance. For example, it included its’ ideas about Secularism, it even improved upon them and made them more widespread and they were used in greater ways than in the Renaissance. The Enlightenment was a time when the Secularism and humanism began to be used in more places than only art. Because the Protestant Reformation had already

The three led into each other as above explained. The Renaissance’s secularism laid the foundation for the Enlightenment during which many individuals became wiser and began to have their lives be more secular. There were also enlightened despots who agreed with Enlightenment ideas in order to gain more power. Those governed by enlightened despots didn’t have all negations of freedom from the Church placed on them. The Scientific Revolution was a time when people began to question the authority of the church. The three important time periods were strongly connected throughout history, and hopefully now, the way they were connected is