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The scientific revolution started in the 16th century after the Renaissance era. The Renaissance means “rebirth” and during this time in the 14th and 16th century, a lot of people made observations and questioned their beliefs, and it opened up a window to mathematics, science, and the natural world. This took place in Europe mainly northern Italy which influenced the Scientific Revolution. Scientist developed new technology and theories, based on observation, and the natural world. Although scientists faced hardship in terms of government opposition, religious disagreement, and gender stereotype, Scientist created great advances in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The government opposition, mainly monarchies in …show more content…
They were against any idea that can be proven by facts not faith. In document 3, an Italian monk writes to Galileo explaining that his theories are nonsense and are affecting the church and that he needs to discontinue them. A lot of Popes and religious figures hated the Philosophers and that community and they were shamed continuously, which cause a lot of their work to be hidden or published after death. Like Copernicus who dedicated his work to to Pope Paul III because he respected him and his teachings so much he claims, …”if I be not wholly deceived will hold that hold that my labors contribute to the church well being of the church.” Yet, Copernicus did not publish this til after he died due to fear of heresy. There can also be exceptions, sometimes they can try to find a medium, if you refer to document 5, Marin Mersenne, a French monk and natural philosopher claims that his work and experience are true because he has repeated it constantly even in front of witnesses, he was doing this to try and be funded by a patron and he did it to reassure it was true no matter what the church said, even though he had it published they still found a way to censor his